(idiomatic, chiefly, UK, often followed by on) To change something radically; to reform or revolutionize something.
(idiomatic, chiefly, UK, often followed by on) To change something radically; to reform or revolutionize something.
While contemporary designers give us trends, Quant reset the dial on the way we get dressed. Under her influence, women rejected their parents’ vision of beauty and embraced their own.
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UK and Irish slang — Cockney, Scouse, Geordie, Yorkshire, Glaswegian, Brummie, Welsh, West Country, plus Irish English. Centuries of regional dialects feeding into modern British and Irish street talk.
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(UK, _, dialectal) To change retrospectively; reverse.