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CHANGE COURSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does change course mean?
• CHANGE COURSE (verb)
The verb CHANGE COURSE has 1 sense:
1. shift from one side of the ship to the other
Familiarity information: CHANGE COURSE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shift from one side of the ship to the other
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
change course; gybe; jib; jibe
Context example:
The sail jibbed wildly
Hypernyms (to "change course" is one way to...):
sail (travel on water propelled by wind)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
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