turn against

Become an enemy

Turn against is to become hostile toward someone or something previously supported or favored.

A friend turns against you when loyalty shifts to opposition.

Public opinion turns against a politician.

You can turn others against someone by poisoning their view: She tried to turn the children against their father.

Events turn against you when circumstances shift from favorable to hostile.

betray

backstab

Betray someone's trust

disloyalty · defect · forsake · sellout · perfidy · treason · turncoat · Judas · abandon · desert

oppose

resist

Oppose or refuse compliance

  • rebelAuthority defier
  • revoltOrganized resistance to power
  • defyResist or challenge openly

reject · renounce · dissent · protest · repudiate · denounce · disavow · alienate · estrange · break with

Opposites
loyalty and allegiance

turn againststand by

Remain ready to assist

stick with · stick by · never waver · back up · have someone's back

relational direction

turn againstside with

Ally oneself with

turn to · support · embrace · befriend · take up for

hostility vs support

turn againstsupport

To uphold or sustain

defend · champion · back · stand up for · fight for

Family

turn, return, against, turning, turned, returned, returns, turns, overturn

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