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tip over Definition


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tip2
verb tipped, tipping
    tr & intr
    1. To lean or make something lean or slant.
      Form: tip up (also)
      Form: tip over
    2. To remove or empty it from its container or a surface, etc by overturning or upsetting that container or causing that surface to slant.
      Form: tip something out (also)
    (Brit)
    3. To dump (rubbish).
noun
    1. A place for tipping rubbish or coal, etc.
    2. colloq
      A very untidy place.
Etymology: 14c meaning ‘to overturn'.

Phrasal Verb: tip over or tip something over
    To knock or fall over; to overturn.


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