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What does turn against mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word turn against? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To rebel or oppose to something formerly supported.
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To set against or in opposition to something.
  3. (transitive, idiomatic) To use to the disadvantage or injury of.
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He added that if one does not respect nature, in the end it will turn against you.
If we try and do this, it will only mean that the environmentalists will turn against biofuel.
Beholden to a base that, like a capricious autocrat, will turn against them at the slightest provocation.
In this way, none can on its own make the weapons of war to turn against the other, as in the past.
One solution is to let it out in another way, to avoid letting these destructive emotions turn against someone else or against oneself.
We need to make the claims, but at the same time, we need to commit ourselves to quality otherwise the claims will turn against us.

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