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flipped the script

flipped the script is the simple past and past participle of flip the script.

Meaning of flip the script

Verb

flip the script (third-person singular simple present flips the script, present participle flipping the script, simple past and past participle flipped the script)

  1. (Canada, US, informal) To reverse a situation, especially by doing something unexpected.
    • Some people walk with a panther or strike a buffalo stance that makes you wanna dance. Other people flip the script on the day of the jackal that'll make you cackle.2003, Deborah Gregory, The Cheetah Girls: Livin' Large!, page 405

Questions about flipped the script

What is flipped the script the simple past and past participle of?
Flipped the script is the simple past and past participle of flip the script.

Words near flipped the script in the dictionary

  1. flipped out
  2. flipped over
  3. flipped shit
  4. flipped the bird
  5. flipped the lid
  6. flipped the script
  7. flipped through
  8. Flippen
  9. flippening
  10. flippenings
  11. Flippens

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flipped the script (page history and authors); flip the script (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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