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dances to a new tune

dances to a new tune is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dance to a new tune.

Meaning of dance to a new tune

Verb

dance to a new tune (third-person singular simple present dances to a new tune, present participle dancing to a new tune, simple past and past participle danced to a new tune)

  1. To significantly change one's opinion, attitude, or behavior.
    • Policy was to be bold, not timid; campaign promises were to be carried out, not cynically shelved; and the public service would dance to a new tune, one where the ministers called the tune.1991, J. L. Granatstein, Robert Bothwell, Pirouette: Pierre Trudeau and Canadian Foreign Policy, →ISBN, page 207
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dance, new, tune.

Questions about dances to a new tune

What is dances to a new tune the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dances to a new tune is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dance to a new tune.

Words near dances to a new tune in the dictionary

  1. dances on nothing
  2. dances on someone's grave
  3. dances out
  4. dances the Tyburn jig
  5. dances to a different tune
  6. dances to a new tune
  7. dances to someone's tune
  8. dances upon nothing
  9. dances with the devil
  10. dancescape
  11. dancescapes

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