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flipping the script

flipping the script is the present participle and gerund 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 flipping the script

What is flipping the script the present participle and gerund of?
Flipping the script is the present participle and gerund of flip the script.

Words near flipping the script in the dictionary

  1. flipping out
  2. flipping over
  3. flipping shit
  4. flipping the bird
  5. flipping the lid
  6. flipping the script
  7. flipping through
  8. flippings
  9. Flippins
  10. flippity-flop
  11. flippity-floppity

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