to turn the tide or change the course of events; specifically refers to flipping a situation from failure to success or from bad to good

To turn the world upside down; used to describe having immense power or ability to change the state of affairs completely.

to turn heaven and earth; describes a person with the great ability to completely change a situation or reverse a trend

To risk everything on one final decisive effort, often used to describe a battle for control of a country or a last-ditch gamble with all of one's assets; literally to gamble the universe on a single throw