turn tables

present singular third person turns tables · participle present turning tables · participle past turned tables · past turned tables

1. alternativeAlternative form of turn the tables.

   Don't think sorry's easily said Don't try turning tables instead

   1982, Eric Woolfson, Alan Parsons, Eye in the Sky, performed by The Alan Parsons Project

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   “They [Alex von Bidder and Julian Niccolini] created the modern restaurant industry as we know it,” Mr. [Sirio] Maccioni said, “turning tables so quickly they had to put a revolving door on the street.”

   2009 May 13, Glenn Collins, “Sweet Revenge at $300 a Plate”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 Jan 2018

   Party aims to turn tables after struggling to deal with criticisms about inflation during Biden presidency

   2026 January 12, Chris Stein, “Democrats go all in on affordability in bid to turn voters against Trump”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Jan 2026