"change the subject" meaning in English

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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
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      "form": "changed the subject",
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        "participle",
        "past"
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        "past"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "glosses": [
        "To talk about something else, especially to avoid issues that are too delicate or difficult."
      ],
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        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "issue",
          "issue"
        ],
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "talk about something else",
          "word": "changer de sujet"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "talk about something else",
          "word": "cambiare argomento"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "change the subject"
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      "form": "changes the subject",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "changing the subject",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "changed the subject",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "changed the subject",
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        "past"
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "To talk about something else, especially to avoid issues that are too delicate or difficult."
      ],
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        [
          "avoid",
          "avoid"
        ],
        [
          "issue",
          "issue"
        ],
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ],
        [
          "difficult",
          "difficult"
        ]
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "talk about something else",
      "word": "changer de sujet"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "talk about something else",
      "word": "cambiare argomento"
    }
  ],
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