tack noun
1 way of achieving sth
ADJ. right, wrong
VERB + TACK go off on, take, try New research is taking a different tack. The interviewer decided to try another tack. | change, switch She suddenly changed tack, taking him by surprise.
PREP. on a/the ~ I think you're on the wrong tack with that approach.
PHRASES a change of tack
2 direction of a sailing boat in relation to the wind
ADJ. port, starboard | opposite
VERB + TACK sail on We were sailing on starboard tack. | change, swing onto/to The yacht swung to the opposite tack.
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