turn against

turn against
transitive verb
1)

turn against somebody — sich gegen jemanden wenden

turn somebody against somebody — jemanden gegen jemanden aufbringen

2)

they turned his own arguments against him — sie verwendeten seine eigenen Argumente gegen ihn

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(to become dissatisfied with or hostile to (people or things that one previously liked etc): He turned against his friends.) sich wenden gegen
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turn against
I. vi
to \turn against against sb/sth sich akk gegen jdn/etw wenden [o SCHWEIZ a. kehren]
she \turn againsted against her parents at an early age sie lehnte sich schon sehr früh gegen ihre Eltern auf
II. vt
to \turn against sb against sb/sth jdn gegen jdn/etw aufwiegeln [o aufbringen]
she succeeded in \turn againsting him against the idea es gelang ihr, ihm die Idee madigzumachen fam
to \turn against sb's own argument against him/her jds eigenes Argument gegen ihn/sie verwenden
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turn against
A v/i
1. sich (feindlich etc) gegen jemanden wenden
B v/t
1. jemanden aufhetzen oder aufbringen gegen
2. seinen Spott etc richten gegen
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transitive verb
1)

turn against somebody — sich gegen jemanden wenden

turn somebody against somebody — jemanden gegen jemanden aufbringen

2)

they turned his own arguments against him — sie verwendeten seine eigenen Argumente gegen ihn


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