sing a different tune

by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[sing a different tune] or [whistle a different tune] also [sing a new tune] {v. phr.}, {informal} To talk or act in the opposite way; contradict something said before.

* /Charles said that all smokers should be expelled from the team but he sang a different tune after the coach caught him smoking./

Syn.: CHANGE ONE'S TUNE, DANCE TO ANOTHER TUNE. Compare: LAUGH OUT OF THE OTHER SIDE OF ONE'S MOUTH.

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	{informal} ¹⁴⁰¹ {v. phr.} ²¹⁸³

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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