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单词 turn the tables
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turn the tables

Reverse one’s position relative to someone else, especially by turning a position of disadvantage into one of advantage: police invited householders to a seminar on how to turn the tables on burglars...
  • In effect, less powerful countries have an increased ability to obstruct the major powers, but they are in no position to turn the tables.
  • He times it carefully, and quickly turns the tables on the hermit, pressing his attack and his advantage.
  • So researchers turned the tables on the cancer, taking advantage of a tumor's ability to attract the stem cells.
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