Turn the tables
verb
verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To reverse a situation, so that the advantage has shifted to the party which was previously disadvantaged. idiomatic
"Well, the tables are turned—the times are changed. A peaceful and unoffending man might have expected from a neighbour, now powerful in his turn, such protection when walking in the paths of the law, as all men, subjects of the realm, have a right to expect even from perfect strangers."
- 2 cause a complete reversal of the circumstances wordnet
Example
More examples"Well, the tables are turned—the times are changed. A peaceful and unoffending man might have expected from a neighbour, now powerful in his turn, such protection when walking in the paths of the law, as all men, subjects of the realm, have a right to expect even from perfect strangers."