English Explanatory Dictionary

turn the tables

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To reverse a situation, so that the advantage has shifted to the party which was previously disadvantaged.

Pronunciation

En-au-turn the tables.ogg

Word forms

turn the tables turn tables turns the tables turning the tables turned the tables

Related words

table-turning turntable turn the table worm turns taste of one's own medicine the shoe is on the other foot turn the tide walk a mile in someone's shoes

Derived words

how the turntables the turns have tabled
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