take a different tact or take a different tack

This expression has nothing to do with tactfulness and everything to do with sailing, in which it is a direction taken as one tacks—abruptly turns—a boat. To “take a different tack” is to try another approach.

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• rod iron, rot iron vs wrought iron
• owness vs onus
• cursing through veins vs coursing through veins
• whimp vs wimp
• curve your appetite vs curb your appetite
• error vs err
• ruff vs rough
• heal vs heel
• benefactor vs beneficiary
• ninty vs ninety

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• Picking the All-MLB team for the 2013 season so far
  Back in April, I put together an all-MLB team for the 2013 season, projecting which players would be the best at their positions this year. Now that we're halfway through, let's take a different tack: an all-MLB team for the first half, based solely on what the players have done so far this year. Keeping in mind that things like defense and ballpark matter -- and things like RBIs and W-L record ...
  July 18, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• The All-MLB team for the season to date
  Back in April, I put together an all-MLB team for the 2013 season, projecting which players would be the best at their positions this year. Now that we're halfway through, let's take a different tack: an all-MLB team for the first half, based solely on what the players have done so far this year. Keeping in mind that things like defense and ballpark matter -- and things like RBIs and W-L record ...
  July 17, 2013 - Sports Illustrated
• Joe Sheehan: Picking the All-MLB team for the 2013 season to date
  Back in April, I put together an all-MLB team for the 2013 season, projecting which players would be the best at their positions this year. Now that we're halfway through, let's take a different tack: an all-MLB team for the first half, based solely on what the players have done so far this year. Keeping in mind that things like defense and ballpark matter -- and things like RBIs and W-L record ...
  July 17, 2013 - Sports Illustrated