turn (one's) coat

dated To change one's allegiance or affiliation (especially in politics) for personal gain or advantage. A good politician will espouse the most hard-line stance of his party's political ideologies, but a successful politician knows when to turn his coat.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Yair	-	Hebrew, Biblical Hebrew
Moema	-	Portuguese (Brazilian)
Tobiah	to-BIE-ə (English)	Biblical
Price	PRIES	Welsh
Constanza	kon-STAHN-thah (Spanish), kon-STAHN-sah (Latin American Spanish)	Spanish
Mckenzie	mə-KEN-zee	English (Modern)