turn against
phrasal verb
turned against; turning against; turns against
1
: to stop supporting or being friendly to (someone or something)
The senator eventually turned against the war.
She turned against her best friend.
2
: to cause (someone) to stop being friendly toward (someone)
He tried to turn our friends against us.
3
: to use (something) in a way that harms or discredits (someone)
Her political opponent tried to turn her many years of experience in Washington against her.
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Putin is unlikely to view his slow success on the frontline — and the looming change in the White House — as marking a moment where the tide is turning against him.
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
There was an explicit focus on finding ways to address people’s problems in their own communities—particularly in the places where the political tide had turned against Democrats.
—Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Angered by the worldwide bout of inflation that followed the COVID-19 public health emergency, and a huge increase in the number of migrants fleeing war, dictatorships and the impacts of climate change, voters in Europe, Asia and the Americas have turned against their political establishments.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
In 1944 and 1945, a few truly turned against him and hoped to end his rule.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 20 Nov. 2024
There was an explicit focus on finding ways to address people’s problems in their own communities—particularly in the places where the political tide had turned against Democrats.
—Nicholas Lemann, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
Angered by the worldwide bout of inflation that followed the COVID-19 public health emergency, and a huge increase in the number of migrants fleeing war, dictatorships and the impacts of climate change, voters in Europe, Asia and the Americas have turned against their political establishments.
—David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
In 1944 and 1945, a few truly turned against him and hoped to end his rule.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Turn against.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/turn%20against. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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