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shift one's ground

shift one's ground verb: to change one's opinion in a way that contradicts what one has previously held.

Verb

shift one's ground (third-person singular simple present shifts one's ground, present participle shifting one's ground, simple past and past participle shifted one's ground)

  1. To change one's opinion in a way that contradicts what one has previously held.
    • Since then, and after high-level in-person talks between ScotRail and TSSA General Secretary Maryam Eslamdoust, "the company has done nothing to suggest they are prepared to shift their ground", the union said.2024 April 3, “Network News: Fresh manager strikes at ScotRail”, in RAIL, number 1006, page 9

Forms of shift one's ground

third-person singular presentshifts one's ground
present participleshifting one's ground
past participleshifted one's ground
pastshifted one's ground
alternative formshift ground

Questions about shift one's ground

What does shift one's ground mean?
Shift one's ground means to change one's opinion in a way that contradicts what one has previously held.
What part of speech is shift one's ground?
Shift one's ground is a verb.
What is the past tense of shift one's ground?
The past tense of shift one's ground is shifted one's ground.

Words near shift one's ground in the dictionary

  1. shift lever
  2. shift levers
  3. shift lock
  4. shift locks
  5. shift off
  6. shift one's ground
  7. shift one's tides
  8. shift out
  9. shift register
  10. shift registers
  11. shift stick

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