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change by reversal
verb
change to the contrary
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The trend was reversed

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the tides turned against him

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public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern

• Syn: ↑turn, ↑reverse
• See Also: ↑turn on (for: ↑turn), ↑turn off (for: ↑turn)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑reversible (for: ↑reverse), ↑reverse (for: ↑reverse), ↑reversal (for: ↑reverse), ↑turn (for: ↑turn)
• Hypernyms: ↑change
• Hyponyms:
↑interchange, ↑tack, ↑switch, ↑alternate, ↑flip, ↑flip-flop, ↑turn the tables, ↑turn the tide, ↑commutate, ↑switch over, ↑exchange, ↑correct, ↑rectify, ↑right, ↑falsify, ↑permute, ↑commute, ↑transpose, ↑metamorphose, ↑transfigure, ↑transmogrify, ↑revert, ↑return, ↑retrovert, ↑regress, ↑turn back, ↑desynchronize, ↑desynchronise, ↑desecrate, ↑unhallow, ↑deconsecrate, ↑undo
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s

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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something

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Something ——s somebody

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Something ——s something


Useful english dictionary. 2012.