turn the tables on
Example Sentences
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Websites like DeFlock, FlockHopper and HaveIBeenFlocked purport to turn the tables on Flock by posting camera locations and helping residents elude them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
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.
From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2025
At Farm Sanctuary, we turn the tables on the Thanksgiving season, and encourage people to adopt a turkey rather than eat one.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2023
In a 25-page filing, the lawyers sought to turn the tables on the government, accusing the prosecutors in the case of using “inflammatory rhetoric” themselves in a way that “violated longstanding rules of prosecutorial ethics.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2023
“In the other,” added Nala, “we turn the tables on alien invaders.”
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
