turn against

verb

turned against; turning against; turns against

1

: to stop supporting or being friendly to (someone or something)

The senator eventually turned against the war.

She turned against her best friend.

2

: to cause (someone) to stop being friendly toward (someone)

He tried to turn our friends against us.

3

: to use (something) in a way that harms or discredits (someone)

Her political opponent tried to turn her many years of experience in Washington against her.

Examples of turn against in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Not everyone knew, however, that this person so famous for turning against a nascent America was in fact a Connecticut resident born in Norwich, and a very prosperous and an initially very patriotic one at that. — Helen I. Bennett, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026

In recent weeks, Starmer's own Labour lawmakers and parliamentary party began to turn against him. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 22 June 2026

The locker room had turned against David Blatt, the former EuroLeague coach whose tenure in the NBA was bumpy at best. — Jason Lloyd, New York Times, 19 June 2026

They can be regarded as genuine patriots if they are assumed never to turn against the state. — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 18 June 2026

Rhymes for turn against

• recommenced
• recompensed
• commenced
• condensed
• dispensed
• expensed
• incensed
• unfenced
• fenced
• sensed
• tensed