Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turning the tables

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.15 in modern English

Syllables
turn-ing the ta-bles
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of turn the tables

Questions

What does turning the tables mean?
present participle and gerund of turn the tables

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