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turned the tide

turned the tide is the simple past and past participle of turn the tide.

Meaning of turn the tide

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To undergo a change or reversal of a general trend.
    • 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.1962 February, “No Talent on the Railways?”, in Modern Railways, page 74

Questions about turned the tide

What is turned the tide the simple past and past participle of?
Turned the tide is the simple past and past participle of turn the tide.

Words near turned the tide in the dictionary

  1. turned the page
  2. turned the scale
  3. turned the screw
  4. turned the screws
  5. turned the tables
  6. turned the tide
  7. turned the trick
  8. turned the turtle
  9. turned to
  10. turned to account
  11. turned to dust

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