change course

English

Verb

change course (third-person singular simple present changes course, present participle changing course, simple past and past participle changed course)

  1. Synonym of change tack.
  2. (of a river) To alter its course as a result of silting up, flooding, or even an earthquake.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 195:
      The Tees changed course in 1771 during a raging flood, leaving part of Gainford in Yorkshire - although today the village is fairly and squarely in south Durham.
  • change of course
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