
turn the tables
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English Dictionaryturn the tables (on somebody)to change a situation completely, so that someone loses an advantage and you gain one
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Idiomsturn the tables v. phr. To make something happen just the opposite of how it is supposed to happen.
The boys turned the tables on John when they took his squirt gun away and squirted him. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲