change the subject
Deliberately talk about another topic, as in If someone asks you an embarrassing question, just change the subject. This term uses subject in the sense of “a topic of conversation,” a usage dating from the late 1500s.
Words nearby change the subject
change one's stripes,
change one's tune,
change point,
change ringing,
change round,
change the subject,
change up,
change-ringing,
changeable,
changeful,
changeless