turn against


verb
  1. (preposition) to change or cause to change one's attitude so as to become hostile or to retaliate

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How to use turn against in a sentence

  • Too many chances are against the climbers; too many contingencies may turn against them.

    Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-Bury
  • It was a long and terrible combat, but it began to turn against Fasold.

    Theodoric the Goth | Thomas Hodgkin
  • His principal witness has run away, his old friends all turn against him, and circumstantial evidence doesn't befriend him.

    Sevenoaks | J. G. Holland
  • Mère Bauche,” said the capitaine, sipping his coffee and puffing out the smoke of his cigar, “Adolphe will not turn against us.

    La Mere Bauche | Anthony Trollope
  • In Mrs. Stickles he knew he would have one champion at least, though all the others should turn against him.

    The Fourth Watch | H. A. Cody

Other Idioms and Phrases with turn against

turn against

Become or make antagonistic to, as in Adolescents often turn against their parents, but only temporarily, or She turned him against his colleagues by telling him they were spying on him. [First half of 1800s]

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