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turn against

turn against verb: to rebel or oppose to something formerly supported.

Verb

turn against (third-person singular simple present turns against, present participle turning against, simple past and past participle turned against)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To rebel or oppose to something formerly supported.
    • They turned against their leader.
  2. (intransitive, transitive) To set against or in opposition to something.
    • She turned her umbrella against the wind.
    • She turned against the wind.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To use to the disadvantage or injury of.
    • His argument was turned against him.
    • They turned their arms against their former allies.

turn against meaning in Urdu, Telugu, Malayalam and Arabic

turn against in Urdu

پھر جانا

turn against in Telugu

to become hostile towards when not hostile previously
తిరగబడు tiragabaḍu

turn against in Malayalam

someone become hostile to, take a dislike to
എതിരായി തിരിയുക, പുറം തിരിയുക, എതിർക്കുക, എതിരാകുക, പ്രതികൂലമാകുക, വെറുക്കുക

turn against in Arabic

to become hostile towards when not hostile previously
اِنْقَلَبَ عَلَى inqalaba ʕalā

Forms of turn against

third-person singular presentturns against
present participleturning against
past participleturned against
pastturned against

Questions about turn against

What does turn against mean?
Turn against means to rebel or oppose to something formerly supported.
What is turn against in Urdu?
Turn against in Urdu is پھر جانا. See Turn against meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is turn against?
Turn against is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn against?
The past tense of turn against is turned against.

Words near turn against in the dictionary

  1. turn a trick
  2. turn about
  3. turn about is fair play
  4. turn abouts
  5. turn again
  6. turn against
  7. turn an honest penny
  8. turn and turn about
  9. turn around
  10. turn around one's finger
  11. turn arounds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: turn against (page history and authors); turn against (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); turn against (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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