change over

change over
phrasal verb [intransitive]
Word forms "change over":
present tense I/you/we/they change over he/she/it changes over present participle changing over past tense changed over past participle changed over
to stop doing or using one thing and start doing or using something else
change over to:

When did the UK change over to the metric system?


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