dance to another tune

Idioms and Phrases

Change one's manner, behavior, or attitude. For example, He'll be dancing to another tune when he finds out that the board means business . Also see change one's tune .

Example Sentences

She dances the Tarantella now—by-and-by she will dance to another tune!

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"They'd dance to another tune if the boilers were suddenly to burst, or if the ship ran foul of a rock."

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Peering into the gray smother of sea and sky, Captain Jonathan Wellsby licked his lips hungrily as he said to himself: "Not now, but if the storm abates and we float through the night, these lousy picaroons shall dance to another tune."

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“They will dance to another tune soon,” muttered Pearson between his teeth.

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“They will dance to another tune soon,” muttered Pearson between his teeth.

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