Synonyms for turn the tide
turn the tide

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1. turn the tables, turn the tideverb

   cause a complete reversal of the circumstances

   "The tables are turned now that the Republicans are in power!"

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   turn the tables

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1. Mohamad Bazzi:

   When the Syrian war first started, Erdogan's government wanted the downfall of the Assad regime, and without Western military intervention, it thought that these foreign fighters would turn the tide, now that strategy is backfiring as the Islamic State becomes more emboldened.

2. Keir Giles:

   It's going to be painful to deliberate, unless it becomes possible for Western aid, both military and humanitarian, to be absorbed in Ukraine at sufficient rates that they can genuinely turn the tide against the Russian advancement, if it's a question of who can pour in the greater resources and take the greater pain in order to prevail, Russia has a track record for inflicting substantial economic damage on itself and suffering on its own population, in order to prosecute wars.

3. Tim Sweijs:

   By Many F-16s, I would n’t say Many F-16s’re game-changing, tanks, troops of course, longer-range systems such as HIMARS, with the ability to take out Russian radar systems – in combination with The F-16 – that combination could help Ukraine turn the tide.

4. Philip Hammond:

   This isn't going to be done in three months or six months. It's going to take a year, two years to push ISIL (IS) back out of Iraq but we are doing the things that need to be done in order to turn the tide.

5. Mark Levin:

   This worldview and these principles compel me to promote conservative ideas at Stanford, and beyond, i’m driven by a fundamental sense of urgency over the fact that Americans are slowly losing their liberty, and I believe that liberty is being valued less and less. I want to turn the tide, and college campuses are crucial to doing so.