change horses in midstream

verb

Etymology

Popularized by Abraham Lincoln.

Definitions

  1. To change one's plan or approach when an effort is already underway or at another…

    To change one's plan or approach when an effort is already underway or at another inopportune time.

    • A change in the weather is known to be extreme / But what's the sense of changing horses in midstream?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for change horses in midstream. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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