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noun 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 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.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary