shift the dial in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shifts the dial",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shifting the dial",
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        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shifted the dial",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shifted the dial",
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        "past"
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The influential speech by the politician aimed to shift the dial on public opinion regarding climate change.",
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      "glosses": [
        "To make a significant change or impact in a particular situation or context."
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      "id": "en-shift_the_dial-en-verb-FImaqwBA",
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        "(idiomatic) To make a significant change or impact in a particular situation or context."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "change the landscape"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "perelomítʹ xod sobýtij",
          "sense": "to make a significant change",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "переломи́ть ход собы́тий"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "shift the dial"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "shifts the dial",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shifting the dial",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shifted the dial",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "shifted the dial",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "shift the dial (third-person singular simple present shifts the dial, present participle shifting the dial, simple past and past participle shifted the dial)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang": "English",
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The influential speech by the politician aimed to shift the dial on public opinion regarding climate change.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make a significant change or impact in a particular situation or context."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To make a significant change or impact in a particular situation or context."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "change the landscape"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perelomítʹ xod sobýtij",
      "sense": "to make a significant change",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "переломи́ть ход собы́тий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shift the dial"
}

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"shift the dial" meaning in English

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