take a tack

Frequency: 7.813.5 per million words

to start using a particular approach

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Examples (10)

  • New research is taking a different tack.
  • The committee decided to take a more aggressive tack on the issue.
  • If this approach doesn't work, we'll have to take a new tack.
  • Why don't we take a more customer-centric tack in our strategy?
  • Historically, the company has always taken a conservative tack.
  • He suggested taking a completely different tack to solve the problem.
  • The lawyer took a surprisingly sympathetic tack during the cross-examination.
  • They are currently taking an experimental tack with their product development.
  • Perhaps it's time to take a more direct tack in our negotiations.
  • She would often take an unconventional tack in her artistic endeavors.