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Idiom

change one's battery

Meaning

To alter the direction of attacking; to take a new approach to try to achieve an objective.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Our current plan is not working, so we need to change our battery.”

“The marketing campaign failed to attract new customers, so the team decided to change their battery and try a different social media strategy.”

“Recognizing that their initial diplomatic efforts had yielded no progress, the delegates chose to change their battery and adopt a more aggressive negotiation tactic.”

Examples

simple

“Our current plan is not working, so we need to change our battery.”

contextual

“The marketing campaign failed to attract new customers, so the team decided to change their battery and try a different social media strategy.”

complex

“Recognizing that their initial diplomatic efforts had yielded no progress, the delegates chose to change their battery and adopt a more aggressive negotiation tactic.”

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