Idiom
change one's story
Meaning
To give an account of events different from the one previously recounted.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He changed his story when the police asked more questions.”
“The witness changed his story after the lawyer showed him the security footage from the night of the accident.”
“Despite his initial insistence on his innocence, the suspect changed his story once the investigators presented evidence that directly contradicted his original account.”
Examples
simple
“He changed his story when the police asked more questions.”
contextual
“The witness changed his story after the lawyer showed him the security footage from the night of the accident.”
complex
“Despite his initial insistence on his innocence, the suspect changed his story once the investigators presented evidence that directly contradicted his original account.”
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