add a new wrinkle

add a new wrinkle

To bring or contribute a new and often unexpected aspect, dimension, innovation, development, or stratagem (to something). If proven to be true, the discovery could add a new wrinkle to the way we think about the evolutionary process. Their new, and unorthodox, pitcher has added a new wrinkle to the team's offensive game.
See also: add, new, wrinkle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • a new wrinkle
  • new wrinkle
  • new wrinkle, a
  • wrinkle
  • play (one's) trump card
  • play trump card
  • down to (someone or something)
  • down to somebody/something
  • to the forefront
  • in the forefront
References in periodicals archive
Even when you don't get burned, UV rays add a new wrinkle to tanning.