flip over

verb

To turn upside down.

Meanings

verbflip over (third-person singular simple present flips over, present participle flipping over, simple past and past participle flipped over)

present singular third person flips over · participle present flipping over · participle past flipped over · past flipped over

  1. transitiveTo turn upside down.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see flip, over.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbturn upside down, or throw so as to reverse

Broader

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

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Chicago

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