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change horses in the middle of the stream
1. To choose a new leader during a period of upheaval or uncertainty. The prime minister has been at the helm throughout the crisis. I just don't think we should change horses in the middle of the stream.
2. To make major changes to a situation or course of action that is already underway. We're about to close on the house, and my husband suddenly wants to change horses in the middle of the stream and look at another property!
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- change horses in midstream
- change horses in the middle of the stream
- change/swap horses in midstream
- midstream
- swap horses in midstream
- choose
- choose from
- choose from (people or things)
- decide against
- decide against (someone or something)