turn the tide

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To undergo a change or reversal of a general trend. idiomatic
    — The general who turned the tide at Alamein was not, prior to his arrival in the Middle East, one of the very "top brass"; but he was a soldier, not a detergent manufacturer.

词形变化

turns the tide present,singular,third-person turning the tide participle,present turned the tide participle,past turned the tide past
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