idiom (phrasal) · academic
turn the tide
UK/tɜːn ðə taɪd/US/tɝːn ðə taɪd/turn the TIDE
to change a situation so that you have an advantage after previously being disadvantaged
Examples
“The new evidence helped turn the tide in the defence's favour.”
“A successful marketing campaign can turn the tide for a failing brand.”
“The policy aims to turn the tide on rising unemployment.”
Band 8 sentence
“The court ruling turned the tide, forcing policymakers to rethink the regulation.”
Collocations
- turn the tide in favour of
- help turn the tide
Word family
Common mistakes
turn the tide of the story→turn the tide in our favour
turn tide→turn the tide
Say it for a higher band
5improve the situation→6reverse the trend→7+turn the tide
Synonyms
reverse the trend
shift momentum
Easily confused
turn the tables
“She turned the tables on her critic by producing evidence.”
reverse the trend
“New policies were introduced to reverse the trend of falling birth rates.”
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