
The capture of Pt 4875 by Capt Vikram Batra’s men was one of the several victories which turned the tables in Kargil war
It is important that when you speak in English, you project yourself as a capable, competent person with requisite skills to influence others and get the job done. To this end, it is extremely important to keep learning new stuff and keep expanding your English speaking range.
The phrase for this post is turn the tables on. Let’s take a few examples:
- Throughout the match, Australia dominated India. Their batsmen piled up runs and their fast bowlers terrorized our opening batsmen. However, when VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid came to the crease, slowly, they turned the tables on the Australians and before long, we had actually defeated them.
- In Kargil war, introduction of artillery turned the tables on the Pakistanis. Indian big guns with their accurate firing broke the back of intruders and paved the way for their ultimate defeat.
Going by the above sentences, turning the tables would mean something like बाज़ी पलटना. Something which changes the fortune of an ongoing match, contest or war or anything where two parties are engaged in some kind of a competitive transaction. It is used to express the idea that something happened which changed the course of ongoing contest and shifted the balance in the favor of the party which was so far struggling.
Let’s take some more examples:
- The case was all but lost for poor Sanju. The evidence was against him and the prosecution lawyer was a famous lawyer who had never lost a case. The public opinion was also against him. However, the forensic report turned the tables in his favor. Finally, he was acquitted.
- We had a good match with the junior’s team. We were lagging 2-0 but then twin strikes by Mahesh turned the tables on them. In the last minute, I scored the winning goal and we won. It was a well deserved victory after a match well fought.