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sing a different tune

sing a different tune verb: to hold a different opinion or appreciation (about something); to possess a new, changed, or regenerated mindset, usually for the better.

Verb

sing a different tune (third-person singular simple present sings a different tune, present participle singing a different tune, simple past sang a different tune, past participle sung a different tune)

  1. (figuratively, idiomatic, informal) To hold a different opinion or appreciation (about something); to possess a new, changed, or regenerated mindset, usually for the better.
    • Miss Maudie said Miss Stephanie’d be singing a different tune if Tim Johnson was still coming up the street, that they’d find out soon enough, they’d send his head to Montgomery.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC
    • "[…] Wait until you've walked a mile in their snowshoes...literally. You might be singing a different tune by then."2016, Erica Vetsch, His Prairie Sweetheart

Forms of sing a different tune

third-person singular presentsings a different tune
present participlesinging a different tune
pastsang a different tune
past participlesung a different tune

Questions about sing a different tune

What does sing a different tune mean?
Sing a different tune means to hold a different opinion or appreciation (about something); to possess a new, changed, or regenerated mindset, usually for the better.
What part of speech is sing a different tune?
Sing a different tune is a verb.
What is the past tense of sing a different tune?
The past tense of sing a different tune is sang a different tune.

Words near sing a different tune in the dictionary

  1. sinfullest
  2. sinfully
  3. sinfulness
  4. sinfulnesses
  5. sing
  6. sing a different tune
  7. sing along
  8. sing alongs
  9. Sing Buri
  10. sing for one's supper
  11. sing from the same hymn sheet

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