turn the tables

THESAURUS

turn the tables

accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, be listened to, be recognized, better, break up, change, change the preponderance, come back at, convert, counter, deform, denature, diversify, evert, fit, gain a footing, gain a hearing, get back at, get cozy with, get in with, give and take, give in exchange, give in return, hit back at, improve, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert, meliorate, mitigate, modify, modulate, move in, mutate, overthrow, pronate, qualify, re-create, realign, rebuild, reciprocate, reconstruct, redesign, refit, reform, remake, renew, reshape, restructure, resupinate, retaliate, retort, revamp, reverse, revive, revolve, ring the changes, rotate, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, strike back, strike root in, subvert, supinate, take hold, take root, transpose, turn about, turn around, turn down, turn in, turn inside out, turn out, turn over, turn the scale, turn the tide, turn upside down, vary, work a change, worsen

ROGET THESAURUS

turn the tables

Contrariety

VB be contrary, contrast with, oppose, diller toto coelo, invert, reverse, turn the tables, turn topsy-turvy, turn end for end, turn upside down, turn inside out, contradict, contravene, antagonize.

Inversion

VB be inverted, turn round, turn about, turn to the right about, go round, go about, go to the right about, wheel round, wheel about, wheel to the right about, turn over, go over, tilt over, topple over, capsize, turn turtle, invert, subvert, retrovert, introvert, reverse, up turn, over turn, up set, over set, turn topsy turvy, culbuter, transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables.

Counter Evidence

VB countervail, oppose, mitigate against, rebut, subvert, cheek, weaken, contravene, contradict, tell the other side of the story, tell another story, turn the scale, alter the case, turn the tables, cut both ways, prove a negative, audire alteram partem.