turn the tables on sb
to change a situation so that you now have an advantage over someone who previously had an advantage over you:
She turned the tables on her rival with allegations of corruption.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Adapting and modifying
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- accommodate
- acculturate
- acculturation
- adjustment
- amendment
- beat
- chameleon
- change with/keep up with/move with the times idiom
- configure
- doctor
- liberty
- native
- put sth back
- put sth forward
- readjust
- ring
- ring the changes (on) idiom
- supple
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