Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turns the tables

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
turn-s the ta-bles
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does turns the tables mean?
third-person singular simple present indicative of turn the tables

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