Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To rejigger.
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- verb transitive To
tweak orrearrange .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb re-equip a factory or plant
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's been a huge amount of work and I'm not quite done with it, but once this massive rejig is done, the rest of the rewrite will flow quite nicely, I hope.
On rewriting ... karenmiller 2009
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If the Americans have not adopted a 'positive policy' vis-à-vis Pakistan since inception, what else Pakistan has in fact been rattled by the Obama Administration's new plans, to 'rejig' the American policy towards Pakistan and Afghanistan, and the region as a whole.
Asian Tribune 2009
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When Obama set us all up for environmental disaster by refusing to put the brakes on his country's unprecedented and unmatched emissions of climate-destabilizing gases, we switched over to watch will. i.am's YouTube rejig of the President's "Yes, We Can" speech.
Johann Hari: The Real Reason Obama Has Disappointed and Endangered Us -- and How to Turn it Around Johann Hari 2010
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There will be much relief if he can pick up where he left off at Lord'sThe India Tests are followed by more ODIs against the world champions: England will surely have to rejig their team for that series.
Five key concerns for England to ponder ahead of the India series 2011
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They are irritated at another rejig of the curriculum and angry at the loss of jobs for those teachers whose subjects have been cut.
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Instead Deschamps now finds himself wondering whether he will have enough fit forwards to deploy his usual 4-3-3 formation and may have to ponder a tactical rejig.
Marseille forced to rejig ahead of Manchester United tie | Paul Doyle 2011
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Namely, the act's rejig of debit-card fees, the so-called Volcker rule's prohibition on proprietary trading and changes to derivatives regulation.
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"No specific date for the rejig has been fixed yet but it will be sometime this week," the official added.
India Defers Cabinet Reshuffle Abhrajit Gangopadhyay 2011
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A government rejig, which saw the finance minister being replaced by Evangelos Venizelos, a man who until recently was Papandreou's greatest political rival, was welcomed with scepticism on Friday.
Greek debt crisis: George Papandreou in emergency talks for more EU money 2011
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Did Capello really see Gareth Bale as such a threat that he needed to rejig his formation for a home fixture against a team ranked 117th in the world?
Frank Lampard ran hard at Wales but his England race is almost run | Richard Williams 2011
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