Idiom
turn the tide
Meaning
To undergo a change or reversal of a general trend.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“A late goal helped the team turn the tide.”
“The new manager introduced several bold strategies that helped turn the tide for the struggling company.”
“With the arrival of reinforcements at the eleventh hour, the exhausted army finally managed to turn the tide of the long-standing conflict.”
Examples
simple
“A late goal helped the team turn the tide.”
contextual
“The new manager introduced several bold strategies that helped turn the tide for the struggling company.”
complex
“With the arrival of reinforcements at the eleventh hour, the exhausted army finally managed to turn the tide of the long-standing conflict.”
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