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turn the tables on someone idiom to change a situation so that you now have an advantage over someone who previously had an advantage over you: 扭转局面,转而占(某人的)上风 She turned the tables on her rival with allegations of corruption.她指控对手腐败,从而扭转了对自己不利的局面。 SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Adapting and modifying acclimate acclimation acclimatization acclimatize acclimatize to something ambidextrous amendment chameleon change with/keep up with/move with the timesidiom configure counter-adaptation pliant pliantly preadaptation preadaptive put something back unadapted unamended write someone out of something Zelig
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