What is another word for turn the tables?
Pronunciation:
[ tˈɜːn ðə tˈe͡ɪbə͡lz], [ tˈɜːn ðə tˈeɪbəlz], [ t_ˈɜː_n ð_ə t_ˈeɪ_b_əl_z]
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Similar words for turn the tables:
- other relevant words (noun)
- change (verb)
- exchange (verb)
- invert (verb)
- modify (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- reverse (verb)
- transform (verb)
- transpose (verb)
- other synonyms
- invert
- oppose
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Turn the tables:
n.
• Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• change (verb) • exchange (verb)- switch,
- shuttle,
- seesaw,
- swap,
- shuffle,
- rearrange,
- correspond,
- transfer,
- replace,
- flip-flop,
- change hands,
- network,
- transact,
- bargain,
- truck,
- displace,
- alternate,
- traffic,
- bandy,
- reciprocate,
- barter,
- commute,
- substitute,
- castle,
- interchange,
- market,
- revise.
- inverse,
- overturn,
- capsize,
- upend,
- revert,
- evert,
- renege,
- tip,
- convert,
- backtrack,
- flip,
- Transplace,
- double back,
- introvert,
- turn inside out,
- upturn,
- alter,
- turn over,
- turn down.
- redo,
- doctor,
- vary,
- adjust,
- mutate,
- transmute,
- transmogrify,
- tweak,
- rework,
- remodel,
- customize,
- become,
- repair,
- correct,
- reorganize,
- adapt,
- reform.
Other synonyms:
• invert- upended,
- EVERTS,
- inverses,
- over turn,
- upending,
- turning inside out,
- Flipping,
- upends,
- inversed,
- everting,
- turned inside out,
- up turn,
- upturning,
- Everted,
- up set.
- not countenanced,
- call in question,
- counterattacked,
- run counter to,
- stand to,
- counterattacking,
- standing to,
- stood up to,
- counter-attack,
- not countenance,
- take a stand,
- searching out,
- searched out,
- frown at,
- speak against,
- search out,
- counter-attacks,
- face down,
- stand up to,
- fly in the face of,
- take issue,
- fly in face of.
- Faulting,
- modify,
- transpose,
- recast,
- customizing,
- link up,
- move over,
- recasts,
- converted into,
- turn over new leaf,
- refashion,
- Bandying,
- deal in,
- paid back,
- switching,
- Faulted,
- dealing in,
- hook up,
- reordering,
- reorders,
- Metamorphosed,
- made over,
- horse trade,
- moved around,
- turning around,
- make over,
- go over to,
- castling,
- reordered,
- refashioning,
- declare null and void,
- yo-yo,
- customizes,
- denaturing,
- declared null and void,
- dial back,
- reverse,
- turn around,
- turn one around,
- Exchanging,
- deals in,
- recalibrated,
- invert,
- move around,
- castled,
- over set,
- inter-change,
- recalibrate,
- swap horses,
- reshaping,
- paying back,
- Overset,
- bottoming out,
- turn the corner,
- pay back,
- repositions,
- pass to,
- metamorphose,
- switch over,
- shift gears,
- repositioning,
- denatures,
- Bandied,
- refashioned,
- change gears,
- contact with,
- convert into,
- flipflop,
- re-formed,
- recalibrating,
- buy and sell,
- flip-flopping,
- linked up,
- transformed,
- oppose,
- horse trading,
- reshape,
- denatured,
- swap places,
- Revolutionizing,
- transform,
- denature,
- sing different tune,
- turned the tables,
- bottom out,
- give and take,
- Reversing,
- reposition,
- recasting,
- shifting,
- yo-yos,
- be coming,
- YOYO,
- transfigure,
- shift,
- reshaped,
- return the compliment,
- linking up,
- setting aside,
- turned around,
- exchange,
- cash in,
- repositioned,
- reorder.
- come back at,
- better,
- get in with,
- turn the scale,
- be recognized,
- fit,
- worsen,
- retort,
- revolve,
- strike back,
- overthrow,
- refit,
- reconstruct,
- invaginate,
- intussuscept,
- turn upside down,
- move in,
- deform,
- improve,
- accommodate,
- qualify,
- mitigate,
- take hold,
- take root,
- ameliorate,
- Resupinate,
- supinate,
- meliorate,
- change the preponderance,
- revamp,
- subvert,
- get back at,
- redesign,
- modulate,
- rotate,
- be listened to,
- retaliate,
- renew,
- give in exchange,
- turn in,
- pronate,
- remake,
- re-create,
- revive,
- counter.
How to use "Turn the tables" in context?
When you turn the tables on someone, you reverse the roles of the two people involved. This can be used as a form of revenge, as a way to get even with someone, or as a strategy in a disagreement. The phrase can also be used more broadly, to mean that something unexpected or unexpected turn of events occurs.
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