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(verb) - A north country phrase equivalent to "change the subject." The allusion is to the square blocks of dried peat which are used for fuel and which, when they become red-hot underneath, are turned to allow the burning side to give out its warmth and glow.
--Basil Hargrave's Origins and Meanings of Popular Phrases, 1925
January 16, 2018