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TURN THE TABLES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does turn the tables mean?
• TURN THE TABLES (verb)
The verb TURN THE TABLES has 1 sense:
1. cause a complete reversal of the circumstances
Familiarity information: TURN THE TABLES used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cause a complete reversal of the circumstances
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
turn the tables; turn the tide
Context example:
The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!
Hypernyms (to "turn the tables" is one way to...):
change by reversal; reverse; turn (change to the contrary)
Sentence frames:
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Context examples
Not that I ever suffered much from them; I took care to turn the tables.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
If something negative should happen, you will be able to turn the tables on the situation and make it work for you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
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