turn the tide

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

turn the tide

1. (idiomatic) To make a change, or reversal of general opinion.
   • 2008 March 21, Owen Bowcott, "The man who captured the human cost of conflict", The Guardian:

     Images captured by the photojournalist Philip Jones Griffiths in Vietnam helped turn the tide of public opinion against the war.

Translations

to make a change

• Finnish: kääntää (fi), keikauttaa (fi)
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• Icelandic: valda straumhvörfum, (turn the tide favorably) snúa í hag