Meaning of turn the tide | Babel Free

Definitions

To undergo a change or reversal of a general trend.

idiomatic

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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.”

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