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turn the tide

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turn the tide
to change a situation or people's opinions to the opposite of what they were before. The government had planned cuts in the armed forces, but when war broke out, the military saw a chance to turn the tide.
See also: tide, turn


turn the tide
to completely change the direction of something. The new medicine turned the tide for my father, and he was out of the hospital in a few days. Better rifles for the army helped turn the tide of the war.
Usage notes: usually said about a condition, opinion, or process
See also: tide, turn


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This would serve to turn the tide of State influence into the channels of the national government, instead of making federal influence flow in an opposite and adverse current.
He offered himself for punishment, fished, and feinted, and drew, for that one opening that would enable him to whip a blow through with all his strength and turn the tide.
 
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