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flips the script

flips the script is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 flips the script

What is flips the script the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Flips the script is the third-person singular simple present indicative of flip the script.

Words near flips the script in the dictionary

  1. flips out
  2. flips over
  3. flips shit
  4. flips the bird
  5. flips the lid
  6. flips the script
  7. flips through
  8. flipside
  9. flipsides
  10. flipt
  11. fliptastic

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