change something for something
Is this expression used anywhere outside the UK? (if you change something you have bought, you take it back to the shop and get a different one)

Why don't you change it for something else?

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change something for something
Is this expression used anywhere outside the UK? (if you change something you have bought, you take it back to the shop and get a different one)

Why don't you change it for something else?

Answer

We also say "exchange" instead of "change" in Singapore (where the official "version" of English we adopt is British)!

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In America, we would say "exchange." (I'm surprised to hear the in the UK they would say "change" here.)

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