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Definition of "rejig" [rejig]

  • Informal To rejigger: "a series of measures to . . . rejig the monetary system” ( Christian Science Monitor). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "rejig" in a sentence
  • "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."
  • "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."
  • "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."