the turns have tabled
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Ohhh how the turns have tabled"
- "The turns have tabled on this glorious fable."
- "i say 'turns have tabled' a lot and now it feels weird to say 'tables have turned'and it seems like the turns have tabled indeed idk why im tweeting this"
- "Just four months ago, Ubisoft seemingly had no plans to release a third season pass for Anno 1800, at least according to comments made by brand manager Marcel Hatam(opens in new tab) at the time. But with the success of Season 2, the turns have tabled, and Season 3 has become a reality."
- "Its almost as if the turns have tabled as well in this regard. We want more gaming functionality in our portable multimedia devices."
- "But I thought if they took a "break" they would give others a chance... oh how the turns have tabled"
Etymology
Modeled on "the tables have turned," it emerged shortly after the similar phrase "how the turntables," which originates from the episode “Broke” of the American mockumentary sitcom television series The Office, which aired on 23 April 2009.
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Synonyms
the tables have turned