Turn The Tables

Definition: Turn The Tables

Turn The Tables

Verb

1. Cause a complete reversal of the circumstances; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!".

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Synonym: Turn The Tables

Contrariety

Invert, reverse, turn the tables; turn topsy-turvy, turn end for end, turn upside down, turn inside out.

Evidence

Verb: countervail, oppose; mitigate against; rebut; (refute); subvert; (destroy); cheek, weaken; contravene; contradict; (deny); tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case; turn the tables; cut both ways; prove a negative.

Inversion

Invert, subvert, retrovert, introvert; reverse; up turn, over turn, up set, over set; turn topsy turvy; Adjective: culbuter; transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables.

Retaliation

Verb: retaliate, retort, turn upon; pay, pay off, pay back; pay in one's own coin, pay in the same coin; cap; reciprocate; turn the tables upon, return the compliment; give a quid pro quo; Noun: give as much as one takes, give as good as one gets; give and take, exchange fisticuffs; be quits, be even with; pay off old scores.

Expressions using "turn the tables": To turn the tables ♦ turn the tables on. Additional references.

Arabic 

‏قلب الأحوال رأسا على عقب, ‏قلب رأسا على عقب (turn down). (various references)

French

renverser les rôles. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"פוך את �"קער�" על פי�". (various references)

Hungarian

visszafordítja vki ellen (to turn the tables on sy), visszafordítja a fegyvert vkire (to turn the tables on sy), fegyvert visszafordít vkire (to turn the tables on sy), ellenkezőjére fordít egy kellemetlen helyzetet (to turn the tables on sy), az érveit (to turn the tables on sy). (various references)

Pig Latin

urntay ethay ablestay

Portuguese

voltar-se o feitiço contra o feiticeiro (turn the tables on). (various references)

Russian 

отплатить той же монетой; поменяться ролями (turn the tables on smb.), бить противника его же оружием (turn the tables on smb.). (various references)

Spanish

volver las tornas, devolver la pelota. (various references)

Ukrainian

помінятися ролями. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: turntables, untestable.

-4 letters: batteners, betatters, betelnuts, brunettes, earthnuts, rebuttals, resultant, subaltern, sunbather, tenurable, threatens, trustable, turntable, unstabler, untethers, urethanes, utterable.

-5 letters: abetters, abluents, absenter, abutters, alertest, arbelest, athletes, attester, baluster, battener, battlers, berettas, betatter, betelnut, blathers, blatters, bleaters, blethers, bluntest, brattles, breathes, brunette, burettes, burthens, busheler, earthnut, earthset, enablers, enthrals, entreats, eternals, halberts.