Usually means: Become hostile or opposed to.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. turn against: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. turn against: Merriam-Webster
  3. turn against: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. turn against: Collins English Dictionary
  5. turn against: Wiktionary
  6. turn against: Dictionary.com
  7. turn against: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. turn against: Legal dictionary
  2. turn against: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turn against: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. turn against: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (turn against)

verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To rebel or oppose to something formerly supported.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To set against or in opposition to something.
verb:  (transitive, idiomatic) To use to the disadvantage or injury of.

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