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change the channel

verb

Etymology

In allusion to television.

Definitions

  1. To redirect someone’s attention.

    • Repeated attempts to "change the channel" to pocketbook issues that traditionally favor Democratic candidates have flopped.
    • Conservative Leader Stephen Harper tried to change the channel on a campaign of distractions Wednesday as he deftly neutralized the Afghan mission as an election issue.

  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see change, the, channel.

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