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Subject Change Verb Noun Start Topic Conversation Avoid

Collocation Change the subject
Type Verb + Noun
Examples to start a different topic of conversation to avoid embarrassment or distress. / Mark felt himself begin to blush and quickly changed the subject. / Our boss began changing the subject when an employee asked him about a pay rise.

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