change a baby

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: to remove a baby's dirty diaper and replace it with a clean one

I think the baby needs changing.

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Love can change a person the way a parent can change a baby — awkwardly, and often with a great deal of mess. —

Katie Bourque, Good Housekeeping, 16 Dec. 2022

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