change tack
Alter your course
To change tack is to shift strategy or approach when the current one isn't working.
The expression comes from sailing, where tacking means adjusting the sail to catch wind from a different angle.
When charm failed, she changed tack and tried intimidation.
Also appears as *take a different tack* or simply *change tacks*.
Planned path forward
- bearingPosture or orientation
- headingDirectional course traveled
- veerChange course suddenly
- swerveAbrupt directional change
deviate · divert · redirect · reorient · turn · navigate · steer · trajectory
Way of handling something
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- pivotPoint of rotation
reframe · recalibrate · rethink · reassess · redirect · reposition · new angle · fresh perspective
course
Planned path forward
swerve · deviate · divert · redirect · reorient · turn · navigate · steer · trajectory · waypoint
approach
Way of handling something
- gameplanPredetermined course of action
- tacticsMethods to achieve goals
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
pivot · reframe · recalibrate · rethink · reassess · redirect · reposition · new angle · fresh perspective · course correction
jibe
Agree or correspond
boom · sheet · halyard · windward · leeward · starboard · port · mainsail · jib · spinnaker
redirect
Send in new direction
deflect · steer · new angle · broach · approach · tone shift · backtrack · reconsider · soften · harden
change tackstay the course
Continue despite difficulties
hold steady · stay on track · press on · carry on · keep going
change tackstick to one's guns
Refuse to change position
stand firm · hold the line · stay the course · dig in · double down
change tackhold firm
Maintain one's position
stand pat · stick to one's guns · toe the line · follow through
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