Turn the tables

Reverse the positions of adversaries. The phrases is often used when the weaker position subsequently becomes dominant.

Don't turn the tables on me, that's your fault!

by alexculli September 23, 2011

How the turn tables

Michael Scott's way of saying how the tables have turned. It is used when you are trying to reference The Office, or if you are simply being stupid.

David: Michael, we need you back in the company.
Michael: Oh, how the turn tables

by imveryveryshort October 21, 2019

Well well well how the turn tables

The best quote from the office

Well well well how the turn tables you have activated my trap card

by CornHub.Com/HardcoreCorn November 16, 2020

tables the turn

A term which means to have the your power over someone flipped for you to become the powerless. This is humorous variation of "turn the tables" made to subvert expectation by flipping the order of words around, creating an absurdly worded sentence. Alternatively, the past tense of this phrase is "the turns have tabled"

I had enough of bossing me around, now it is me that tables the turn.

by Michael Washboard July 7, 2022