"turn the table" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "turns the table",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turning the table",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned the table",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned the table",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        {
          "word": "turn the tables"
        }
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        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "But as United saw the game out, little did they know that, having looked likely to win their 13th Premier League title, it was City who turned the table to snatch glory from their arch-rivals' grasp.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of turn the tables"
      ],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "At a dinner party, to have guests turn from left to right (or vice versa) to talk to the people on their opposite side."
      ],
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          "guest"
        ],
        [
          "talk",
          "talk"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(dated) At a dinner party, to have guests turn from left to right (or vice versa) to talk to the people on their opposite side."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "turn the table"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "turns the table",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turning the table",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned the table",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "turned the table",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "turn the tables"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012 May 13, Alistair Magowan, “Sunderland 0-1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "But as United saw the game out, little did they know that, having looked likely to win their 13th Premier League title, it was City who turned the table to snatch glory from their arch-rivals' grasp.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "At a dinner party, to have guests turn from left to right (or vice versa) to talk to the people on their opposite side."
      ],
      "links": [
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          "dinner party",
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        ],
        [
          "guest",
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        ],
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          "talk",
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        ]
      ],
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        "(dated) At a dinner party, to have guests turn from left to right (or vice versa) to talk to the people on their opposite side."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "turn the table"
}