turn the tide

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turn 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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