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turn against
verb
- preposition to change or cause to change one's attitude so as to become hostile or to retaliate
Idioms and Phrases
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]Example Sentences
The turn against Republicans in their districts seems to be part of a broader souring on Trump and his allies, with the president's approval rating sinking to just 39% in April, according to a recent Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll, marking the lowest his approval has ever sunk, according to that pollster.
Of course, it’s possible that public opinion might just be starting to turn against him and the Republicans.
These breaks will surely turn against them one day … yes?
“He goes, ‘I’ve had a room of 6,000 people turn against me.’
After World War II, as Risen writes, “anti-communist fervor was both a catalyst and a symptom of the return to rigid gender roles, and with it a hard turn against homosexuality as a threat to the older ways.”
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