Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
To reverse a situation, so that the advantage has shifted to the party which was previously disadvantaged.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
cause a complete reversal of the circumstances
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: turn the tide
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change by reversal, turn, reverse
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
25 source translations are retained for this English entry.
-
Chinese Mandarin:
扭轉局勢 /扭转局势
(niǔzhuǎn júshì)
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Chinese Mandarin:
反敗為勝 /反败为胜
(fǎnbàiwéishèng)
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Chinese Mandarin:
反超
(fǎnchāo)
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Dutch:
de kansen keren
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Finnish:
kääntää tilanne päälaelleen
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Finnish:
keikauttaa tilanne päälaelleen
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
French:
la roue tourne
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
French:
les mouches ont changé d'âne
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
German:
den Spieß umdrehen
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
German:
das Blatt wenden
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
German:
die Rollen tauschen
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Hungarian:
fordul a kocka
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Hungarian:
felülkerekedik
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Icelandic:
snúa á
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Icelandic:
snúa við taflinu
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Icelandic:
snúa vörn í sókn
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Icelandic:
komið annað hljóð í strokkinn
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Italian:
cambiare le carte in tavola
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Japanese:
形勢逆転
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Polish:
odwracać sytuację
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Polish:
odwrócić sytuację
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Portuguese:
virar o jogo
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Spanish:
volver(se) las tornas
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Spanish:
dar(se) vuelta la tortilla
(la)
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
-
Vietnamese:
lật ngược thế cờ
— to reverse a situation so that the advantage has shifted
