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What does the phrase “swapping horses in the middle of the stream,” mean, and who said it

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Lincoln said it and was referring to his disapproval of changing the presidential administration during the Civil War.

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"Don't change horses in midstream means don't alter your course of action, plan, or leader in the middle of a project, don't change your mind at an inopportune moment. A related phrase is don't swap horses in midstream. The proverb is credited to Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth president of the United States" (grammarist)

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