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Meaning of turn the tide | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To undergo a change or reversal of a general trend.

idiomatic

Equivalents

Deutsch das Blatt wenden
Suomi kääntää keikauttaa
日本語 回天
Nederlands het tij keren

Examples

“The general who turned the tide at Alamein was not, prior to his arrival in the Middle East, one of the very "top brass"; but he was a soldier, not a detergent manufacturer.”
“Images captured by the photojournalist Philip Jones Griffiths in Vietnam helped turn⟳ the tide of public opinion against the war.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

turn the trick turn to turn to custard turn to dust turn to good account turn together

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