单词 | to change sides |
释义 | > as lemmasto change (†one's) sides d. to change (†one's) sides: to withdraw one's support from one side and give it to another in a battle, dispute, etc.; to change allegiance. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose [verb (intransitive)] > desert one's party or principles declinec1374 starta1450 revert?a1525 to fall away1535 to turn (one's) tippet1546 revolt1549 shrink1553 to turn one's coat1565 to come over1576 apostate1596 to change (one's) sides1596 defect1596 renegade1611 to change foot1618 to run over1643 to face about1645 apostatize1648 tergiverse1675 tergiversate1678 desert1689 apostasize1696 renegado1731 rat1810 to cross the floor1822 turncoat1892 to take (the) soup1907 turn1977 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. ix. sig. I3v They change their sides, and new parts take. View more context for this quotation 1612 tr. I. Casaubon Answere Epist. Peron Ep. Ded. sig. A4 Two yeeres agoe being deeply indebted,..[he] changde sides, and fled vnto the aduerse part. 1650 L. Dyve Let. to New-Castle 19 Most of my Lord of Inchiquins foot..changed sides, and revolted to the enemy. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 268 He..changed sides so often, that in conclusion no side trusted him. 1849 J. K. Paulding Puritan & his Daughter I. vi. 133 A very ancient and noble family, that had become illustrious by changing sides some sixteen or eighteen times during the wars of York and Lancaster. 1940 ‘G. Orwell’ Inside Whale 82 One has got to change sides when the underdog becomes an upperdog. 2010 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 13 Jan. a12 Leading politicians, anxiously eyeing the polls, change sides at the last moment. < as lemmas |
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