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Chambers concise dictionary
turnabout turnover cheek to refuse to engage in any form of retaliation, turn the
tables (on someone) see underTABLE. turn the tide to cause a change or
reversal, eg in events, thinking, etc. turn turtle see under turtle, turn up one's nose
(at ...
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The Reading Teacher's Book Of Lists
... turn one's stomach, turn the clock back, turn over a new leaf, turn down, turn in,
turn loose, turn on, turn your head, turn out, turn over, turn the tables on someone
, turn to, turn up tether rope ltmtd cobra Forms: two strokes redmwn jet stated.
Edward B. Fry, Jacqueline E. Kress, 2012
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Advanced Learner's Dictionary
To turn the tables on someone is to reverse a person's situation so that it is
suddenly disadvantageous. There are two schools of thought as to the origin of
the expression. On the one hand it is believed to derive from the days when table
tops ...
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Speak Better Business English and Make More Money
(to) turn the tables (on someone) – to reverse the situation; to change the
conversation so that someone who was attacking is now defending eXample:
When I asked the president of the company for a promotion, he turned the tables
on me by ...
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Interpretation: Techniques and Exercises
page,. to. begin. a. new chapter; to see the error of one's ways / to turn the tables
on someone / tunnel vision; one-track mind; blinkered view; crabbed
interpretation / beggar-thy-neighbor policy / stealing from Peter to.
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Harrap's essential English Dictionary
... 1 A subject or proposal is on the table when it has been presented for
discussion. 2 You turn the tables on someone when you reverse a situation
completely and put them in a totally different, and usually worse, position. 3
Something that is ...
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Romance Languages and Linguistic Theory 1999: Selected ...
(21) a. passar el rosari pass the rosary "to say one's rosary" b. tornar la pilota (a
algú) turn the ball (to someone) "to turn the tables (on someone);to put the ball on
someone else's court" C. Object nouns of idiomatic constructions do not quantify
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Yves d'. Hulst, Johan Rooryck, Jan Schroten, 2001
Quick Interpretation: Conference/mediation; deception; exposure Popular
Expressions: Lay your cards on the table; Drink someone under the table; Turn
the tables on someone; Table your thoughts "1 71 7henever you want to get
things off ...
Of course, when you are the subject of judgment it is easy to want to turn the
tables on someone else. I know from my own extremely judgmental past that I
criticized others in order to feel better about my own life. My thought process
would look ...
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The More You Explain
the Less They Understand
It's time to turn the tables on someone. Give me hell. Make it snappy. On the
double. Stop it. I'm gonna run out of steam. It's as plain as the nose on your face. I'
m flexing my muscles. It's not a running gag anymore. It's cast in stone, dammit!
Ruth Velikovsky Sharon, John Cathro Seed, 2008
