Shift (one's) ground American slang verb phrase
To change one's mind or point of view.
He suddenly shifted his ground and agreed with me after looking through my plan.
Are you struggling with a mathematical problem? Shifting your ground and starting to take step by step from the beginning.
Tom holds firm beliefs. He won't shift his ground at all.
To become better
Try to avoid to change something because doing something else could make things worse
State something in a very strong, clear and effective way
As a person's power increases, his or her sense of morality lessens.
To see, think about or consider someone or something in a subjective or pessimistic way, usually because of bad previous experiences or preconceived notions
The verb "shift" should be conjugated according to its tense.
It was often said by a photographer when he would like small children to look at the camera and smile before he took a photo.
When the photographer said “watch the birdie”, all of us looked at the camera and smiled.