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turn the tide
Thesaurus| Verb | 1. |  turn the tide - cause a complete reversal of the circumstances; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!"turn the tableschange by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern" |
turn the tide
turn the tideTo change or reverse something dramatically. Wow, they really turned the tide on their opponents by scoring 20 unanswered points! The votes in the swing state may turn the tide in this election.See also: tide, turnturn the tideFig. to cause a reversal in the direction of events; to cause a reversal in public opinion. It looked as if the team were going to lose, but near the end of the game, our star player turned the tide. At first, people were opposed to our plan. After a lot of discussion, we were able to turn the tide.See also: tide, turnturn the tide
Synonyms for turn the tideverb cause a complete reversal of the circumstancesSynonymsRelated Words- change by reversal
- reverse
- turn
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