chop and change
/ˌtʃɒp ən ˈtʃeɪndʒ/INFORMAL · C2
Meaning
to keep switching your plans or opinions
Examples
- 1Our manager chops and changes every week, so nobody can plan their weekends.
- 2Stop chopping and changing and pick one phone contract.
- 3Tom chopped and changed so often at university that it took him five years to finish.
- 4If you keep chopping and changing, the builders will never finish the kitchen.
- 5Why does Maria always chop and change instead of sticking to one plan?
Grammar
Both verbs change together: chops and changes, chopping and changing, chopped and changed.
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