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turn the tables
verb as in exchange
Strongest match
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verb as in invert
verb as in modify
verb as in oppose
Strong matches
verb as in reverse
verb as in shift
Strong matches
verb as in transform
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Example Sentences
Trump won the election despite being a convicted felon with multiple criminal cases pending against him, and after having promised to use the Justice Department to turn the tables and go after his political foes.
After Biden's gaffe, the Trump campaign was eager to turn the tables on Democrats for once.
Her campaign has turned the tables and trolled the bully, such as going after his trepidation to debate her by painting Trump as fearful of the vice president.
“Blackthorne turning the tables on this adversarial priest is his greatest triumph in the series. The manipulation of language is, in effect, the central preoccupation of our show. Words matter.”
Democrats are now trying to turn the tables, calling out Trump allies who have proposed cuts to the F.B.I., the Justice Department and funding for the special counsel prosecuting the former president, Jack Smith.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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