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shifting one's ground

shifting one's ground is the present participle and gerund of shift one's ground.

Meaning of shift one's ground

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

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What is shifting one's ground the present participle and gerund of?
Shifting one's ground is the present participle and gerund of shift one's ground.

Words near shifting one's ground in the dictionary

  1. shifting executory interests
  2. shifting gears
  3. shifting ground
  4. shifting in
  5. shifting off
  6. shifting one's ground
  7. shifting out
  8. shifting spanner
  9. shifting spanners
  10. shifting the cut
  11. shifting the deckchairs on the Titanic

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