turn the tide

• Changer le cours d'une situation, généralement en passant d'une position désavantageuse ou perdante à une position favorable ou gagnante.

To reverse a situation, especially from a losing or unfavorable position to a winning or favorable one.

1. Reverse a situationB2formal

   To change a situation from bad to good, or to reverse the direction of events.

   renverser la tendance

   • The new strategy helped turn the tide in their favor.
   • A single goal can turn the tide of a football match.
   • The discovery of a vaccine turned the tide against the epidemic.