Usually means: Reverse the direction of momentum.
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  1. turn the tide: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. turn the tide: Collins English Dictionary
  3. turn the tide: Vocabulary.com
  4. turn the tide: Wiktionary
  5. turn the tide: Dictionary.com
  6. Turn the Tide (Johnny Hates Jazz song), Turn the Tide (Sylver song), Turn the Tide (album), Turn the Tide: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. turn the tide: Rhymezone
  8. turn the tide: FreeDictionary.org
  9. turn the tide: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  1. turn the tide: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (turn the tide)

▸ verb:  (idiomatic) To undergo a change or reversal of a general trend.

Similar:
turn about, tip the scale, turn round, turn, turn around, bring round, shift the dial, come round, take a turn for the better, change someone's tune, more...

Opposite:
reverse trend, change course, shift momentum, alter direction

Phrases:
turn of the tide, more...

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Similar:
turn about, tip the scale, turn round, turn, turn around, bring round, shift the dial, come round, take a turn for the better, change someone's tune, more...

Opposite:
reverse trend, change course, shift momentum, alter direction

Phrases:
turn of the tide, more...



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