HyperDic: turn_the_tables

English > 1 sense of the expression turn the tables:
VERBchangeturn the tables, turn the tidecause a complete reversal of the circumstances
English > turn the tables: 1 sense > verb 1, change
MeaningCause a complete reversal of the circumstances.
PatternSomething ----s; Somebody ----s
Synonymturn the tide
Broaderchange by reversal, turn, reversechange to the contrary

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