turn against

As the months passed, the war began to turn against the Japanese.

You know it seems kind of sneaking . Locking her up in town and then coming out here and trying to get her own house to turn against her !

Businesses' worst excesses must be restrained lest the public turn against the American capitalist system, Roosevelt and his allies argued.

Even South Africa, whose spineless president, Thabo Mbeki, is still refusing to criticise Mr Mugabe outright, has begun to turn against him.

Yet public opinion may quickly turn against the president if he does not deliver tangible results against the EPP.

Publicly, the G20's leaders would be shocked, shocked if anyone were to turn against open markets.

In 2007 the Americans persuaded Anbar's Sunni tribes to set up a self-defence movement known as the Awakening and turn against al-Qaeda.

Our parents saw the beginning of that same moral tide turn against racism and sexism.

Some shareholders said the tide could turn against Mr. Blankfein if Goldman shares fall below their current book value of about $122.

Even those who were once for him began to turn against him.

Sanctus: 2000 years ago. . . The dark knight Sparda, turn against his demon brethren, and took up his sword for the sake of mankind.

Yet Hicks still can't see it, "When you feel fans turn against you it's very frustrating" he said.

Poor economic conditions caused voters to turn against the Republican Party.

The closer we live to this Lord, the more we will be able to rejoice in him, even when things turn against us.

Mr. Truman believes the electorate in Greece and other debt-ridden countries may turn against the EU as a result of harsh austerity.

And making that money conditional on security could provide a big incentive for local communities to turn against the Taliban.

It is the actual protein contained in flesh from animals that causes our defense system to turn against us.

If I shit on my criminal friends, they'll turn against me and could be violent.

'Perhaps one of the Duke's men will turn against him. . . 'I began.

will have little incentive to turn against its old partners-in-jihad.

But if a lowlander stays in this high-altitude environment for too long, the adaptation starts to turn against his or her health.

If you had received the request like this, you shouldn't turn against it.

Afghans are happy to have American troops, one villagersaid. "But if they kill a single civilian, people will turn against them. "

Shore to be rescued after they turn against a merchant account.

When al Qaeda imposes its puritanical teachings and brutal ways, the locals turn against them, as happened in Iraq.

No one would turn against his own country.

In Beijing's worst nightmare, these angry young men could turn against the state.

Less understanding members of the media, however, may turn against Mr Hatoyama.

Legend has it one day he'll turn against Naman. . . and together they'll be the balance between good and evil.

However, using oil weapons to turn against America is a trump card for Saddam to play.

The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy .

Anger that we don't express to others can become anger that we turn against ourselves.

In some cases, however, expectations of shopping largess from mainland Chinese tourists can turn against them.

They are expected to fight for him if the regular military forces turn against him.

Israelis hope that when Gazans see the brightening prospects of the West Bank they will turn against Hamas.

A child will instinctively turn against a person who continually criticizes him.

The best friend a man has in the world may turn against him and become his enemy.

The West will eventually turn against its Muslim citizens!

The US can't afford to keep backing Musharraf if more Pakistanis turn against him.

After the Tatars were defeated, Russia could turn against Sweden.

For the first time its most dangerous rival, the electric guitar, is seeing fashions turn against it.

I had planted you like a choice vine of sound and reliable stock. How then did you turn against me into a corrupt, wild vine?

Liu Hulan would rather die than turn against our motherland.

That you, too, should turn against me!

Just don't ignite his wrath or he could turn against you.

Basilisks are ferocious fighters but not suicidal; they retreat when the odds turn against them.

KJ yells: Aggghh! The powers of the sun well. . . turn. . . against me! What have you done? What have you done? ?

Why would they. . . turn against us? It doesn't make any sense. We're the ones who created them.

Nothing could make me turn against my country.

And, if people turn against them at the polls, they will never let go.

Turn against become unfriendly to sb.

In the end he chose to stay here so why should it turn against him?

Nothing could make me turn against my real hope.

Each must take his turn against the icy blast. If we are to survive the endless night.

Why did they suddenly turn against you?

eg. I'll never turn against my motherland.

I don't want to turn against you.

One by one the husbands turn against me, or the wives.

Will Elena and Jeremy ever turn against each other?

Days when our allies turn against us.

But ifthey kill a single civilian, people will turn against them.

Days when our allies turn against us. . . But the day will never come when we forsake this planet and it's people.

Meaning: I am glad, my dear, to know that you have finally begun to like him; indeed he shouldn't have made you turn against him.

Why can't you turn against me?

They can also exist independently, and under some circumstances they may turn against their owners.

make sb do sth. Nothing can make me turn against my country.

In no way can we turn against our country!

Nothing can make us turn against our country.

Do not you get me strange, or turn against ah

vs. versus, turn against, usually denotes two opposing teams or persons

The tyrant grinds down his slaves and they don't turn against him;