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change one's story

change one's story verb: to give an account of events different from the one previously recounted.

Verb

change one's story (third-person singular simple present changes one's story, present participle changing one's story, simple past and past participle changed one's story)

  1. (idiomatic) To give an account of events different from the one previously recounted.
    • She seemed untrustworthy because she had changed her story so many times.

Forms of change one's story

third-person singular presentchanges one's story
present participlechanging one's story
past participlechanged one's story
pastchanged one's story

Questions about change one's story

What does change one's story mean?
Change one's story means to give an account of events different from the one previously recounted.
What part of speech is change one's story?
Change one's story is a verb.
What is the past tense of change one's story?
The past tense of change one's story is changed one's story.

Words near change one's story in the dictionary

  1. change of tune
  2. change of venue
  3. change one's battery
  4. change one's mind
  5. change one's spots
  6. change one's story
  7. change one's tune
  8. change one's ways
  9. change oneself
  10. change order
  11. change orders

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