to tip over
27
3.0
- phrasal verb
- /tɪp ˈoʊvər/
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volcar
- The toddler managed to tip over the chair while trying to reach for a toy.
It turns out that a very large wooden armoire was tipped over on its, you know, on its bottom.
- It turns out that a very large wooden armoire was tipped over on its, you know, on its bottom.
- So all over the western Iraqi desert, these towers just started tipping over.
- You know, if there's a strong hurricane that comes here, will it tip over?
- Or I, I, I tip over the, the, the swing set or whatever, if there are things in the way of the fun, it's going to be less fun.
Examples
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Then there is a bump, and I can feel our canoe almost tip over.
Fiction book (1998) -
Then the bus tipped over.
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- This car will tip over if any weight leaves the back.
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Uh, you missed the part where I told 'em just to try not to tip over.
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Or it could just tip over on the edge of the bubble.
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Careful, don't tip me over.
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Don't let it tip over!
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But all of a sudden, the boat tips over, and you're all thrown into the water.
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The real adventure was getting into the slender boat without tipping it over.
Fiction book (1999) -
My uncle nods off, tipping over on the couch and falling asleep.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
250
1.0
Suddenly move from a standing position to the ground or a lower level
148
1.8
To move something so it leans or falls to one side
108
3.5
To fall forward or tip onto the ground
93
4.1
To fall over or make something fall over, often suddenly when it loses balance
68
2.6
Make something fall by hitting or bumping it
67
1.0
To lose your balance or stop being steady and end up on the ground
57
3.0
Make something fall over or move out of place
46
2.9
A rolling fall or gymnastic turn of the body
41
2.5
Turn something so the side that was up is now down
31
2.6
Flip something so the other side faces up
30
4.1
Make something flip so it is upside down or on its side
30
1.4
To turn your body or an object so the other side faces up
24
5.7
To fall over suddenly, often said about boats or people
16
5.7
Fall down suddenly because you faint or feel very weak
1
5.1
To knock something so it falls over
1
5.6
To lose balance and almost fall
1
9.9
To fall in a clumsy way and land head over heels
To make something tilt so far that it falls over
To make something fall over or turn upside down
To make something that stands fall over
To make something fall over by accident
To tip or fall over, often used for a boat moving to one side
Antonyms
How Unstable
21
6.0
93
4.1
27
3.0
40
3.8
147
2.0
418
1.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to (cause to) fall or overturn' is directly derivable from combining 'tip' (tilt/overturn) with the directional particle 'over', which signals movement to the other side or completion. This verb+particle composition follows a common, cross-linguistic pattern and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Tip over comes from the simple image of pushing the top of something so it leans and then falls. To tip something over is to make it lose its upright position and 'fall' or 'overturn', so the phrase means 'to cause to fall or overturn'.