tip over

phrasal verb

tipped over; tipping over; tips over

: to fall over or to cause (something) to fall over

The glass nearly tipped over.

He accidentally tipped the lamp over and broke it.

Examples of tip over in a Sentence

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When the truck tipped over, the workers were carried away by the surging water from the nearby Nolichucky River. —

Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024 The company said five workers and a contractor were on a truck that was tipped over in the floodwaters. —

Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024 Cancer Family Care picked up about $10,000 in tips over four days, after pulling in just $300 the first night. —

Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 23 Sep. 2024 Authorities arrived at the scene around 9:30 p.m., responding to multiple reports of a cattle trailer tipping over on the Baird Farm Road overpass at I-30, according to Arlington police. —

Marley Malenfant, Austin American-Statesman, 18 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tip over