turn the tables

Chasing 233, the Proteas were on the ropes at 78-5, but their tail refused to throw in the towel, showing the same grit that saw them turn the tables on India in their previous outing.

Less smug but still rather inscrutable, he sips on tea and evades answering Arisu’s question directly, instead turning the tables.

“Why would you eat me out in broad daylight?” she spits at Isaac shortly after he turns the tables on their weekend.

But Sinner survived and turned the tables on Shelton in the very next game.

Ukrainian troops had turned the tables with a cross-border attack on Russia, capturing territory in the neighbouring region of Kursk.