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turn the tables on

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turn the tables on someone

to change a situation so that you now have an advantage over someone who previously had an advantage over you. She turned the tables on her rival with allegations of corruption.

See also: table, turn

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He was clever enough, however, not to betray them, and lucky enough to turn the tables on us, as you shall hear. Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context Blandois, you shall turn the tables on society, my little child. Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles View in context More results

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