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

Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso encouraged Republicans at a party meeting Tuesday to keep up pressure on Democrats over Israel after their recent turn against arms sales, according to a person briefed on the presentation. —Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026

Elizabeth was fixated on how this breakdown of myelin leads to autoimmunity, where the body's defense system turns against itself. —Marcy Thompson, Scientific American, 16 Apr. 2026

The weather turned against us, the guides disappeared. —Elizabeth Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 7 Apr. 2026

Those experiences led Kent, a Republican, to turn against the war on terrorism and overseas military operations. —David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026

Rhymes for turn against

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