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turn the tide

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Verb1.turn the tideturn the tide - cause a complete reversal of the circumstances; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!"
turn the tables
change by reversal, reverse, turn - change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"


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This would serve to turn the tide of State influence into the channels of the national government, instead of making federal influence flow in an opposite and adverse current.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
He offered himself for punishment, fished, and feinted, and drew, for that one opening that would enable him to whip a blow through with all his strength and turn the tide.
The Night-Born by London, Jack View in context
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