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What does turn against mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word turn against? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To rebel or oppose to something formerly supported.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To set against or in opposition to something.
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To use to the disadvantage or injury of.
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Leverage is an excellent tool but it can also turn against you in case you don't understand how it works.
He added that if one does not respect nature, in the end it will turn against you.
Simply, Le Guen believes every coach has a shelf-life of three or four years at any one club before he grows stale and people turn against him.
Beholden to a base that, like a capricious autocrat, will turn against them at the slightest provocation.
We need to make the claims, but at the same time, we need to commit ourselves to quality otherwise the claims will turn against us.
In this way, none can on its own make the weapons of war to turn against the other, as in the past.

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