'turn the tables' definitions:
Definition of 'turn the tables'
From: WordNet
verb
Cause a complete reversal of the circumstances; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!" [syn: turn the tables, turn the tide]
Synonyms of 'turn the tables'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- adapt,
- adjust,
- alter,
- ameliorate,
- be listened to,
- be recognized,
- better,
- break up,
- change,
- change the preponderance,
- come back at,
- convert,
- counter,
- deform,
- denature,
- diversify,
- evert,
- fit,
- gain a footing,
- gain a hearing,
- get back at,
- get cozy with,
- get in with,
- give and take,
- give in exchange,
- give in return,
- hit back at,
- improve,
- introvert,
- intussuscept,
- invaginate,
- inverse,
- invert,
- meliorate,
- mitigate,
- modify,
- modulate,
- move in,
- mutate,
- overthrow,
- pronate,
- qualify,
- re-create,
- realign,
- rebuild,
- reciprocate,
- reconstruct,
- redesign,
- refit,
- reform,
- remake,
- renew,
- reshape,
- restructure,
- resupinate,
- retaliate,
- retort,
- revamp,
- reverse,
- revive,
- revolve,
- ring the changes,
- rotate,
- shift the scene,
- shuffle the cards,
- strike back,
- strike root in,
- subvert,
- supinate,
- take hold,
- take root,
- transpose,
- turn about,
- turn around,
- turn down,
- turn in,
- turn inside out,
- turn out,
- turn over,
- turn the scale,
- turn the tide,
- turn upside down,
- vary,
- work a change,
- worsen