v. phr. To change what looks like defeat into victory. We were losing the game until Jack got there. His coming turned the tide for us, and we won.
Compare: TIP THE SCALES.
v. phr. To change what looks like defeat into victory. We were losing the game until Jack got there. His coming turned the tide for us, and we won.
Compare: TIP THE SCALES.
American idioms English vocabulary. Английский словарь американских идиом. 2012