change tack

== English == === Alternative forms === change one's tack === Verb === change tack (third-person singular simple present changes tack, present participle changing tack, simple past and past participle changed tack) (nautical) To change course or heading. Synonym: switch tack (figurative, by extension) To take a different approach. Synonym: switch tack ==== Derived terms ==== change of tack ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “change your tack”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.