Meaning of table-turning | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The practice, at a séance, of the participants sitting around a table with their hands upon it, waiting for it to rotate and spell out communications from spirits.
   countable, uncountable
2. The act of turning the tables; a reversal or revenge.
   countable, idiomatic, uncountable

Examples

“Fantasies of table-turning and revenge seem to be commonplace in history; but war gives extra space for their enactment, and widespread weaponry also makes them more likely to be lethal […]”

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