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[ verb ] cause a complete reversal of the circumstances

Synonyms

turn_the_tide

Examples

"The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!"

Used in print

(Barry Goldwater, "A Foreign Policy for America"...)

Suppose , he says , that the tables_were_turned , and we were in the Soviets ' position : `` There would be more_than 2000 modern Soviet fighters , all better than ours , stationed at 250 bases in Mexico and the Caribbean .

Related terms

change_by_reversal

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