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To turn the tables

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to change the condition or fortune of contending parties; - a metaphorical expression taken from the vicissitudes of fortune in gaming.
- Acts vi. 2.

See also: Table



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Oh, certainly,' rejoined Nicholas; 'but suppose I were to turn the tables, and pull HIS nose, what then?
the girls have only to turn the tables, and say of one of their own sex, "She is as vain as a man," and they will have perfect reason.
Not that I ever suffered much from them; I took care to turn the tables.
 
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