Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turned the tables

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables
turned the ta-bles
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does turned the tables mean?
simple past and past participle of turn the tables

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