IDIOM ►
take a new tack (took a new tack, past tense)
Meaning 1 ►▼
changing direction to take advantage of the wind
Sentence 1
Let's take a new tack in approaching the harbor.
Meaning 2 ►▼
to try a different approach, a new method
Sentence 2
Let's take a different or new tack to that mathematical problem. We aren't getting a solution.