Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb turn_the_tide

1 sense of turn the tide

Sense 1
turn the tables, turn the tide -- (cause a complete reversal of the circumstances; "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!")
       => change by reversal, turn, reverse -- (change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern")