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as in to skim
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use

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2
as in to reverse
to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing flip the coin over

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flip

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adjective

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Verb
But the outlook for cocoa isn’t looking too dark, as cocoa analysts and traders expect the current deficit to flip to a surplus due to improved weather conditions. Erika Tulfo, CNN, 20 Oct. 2024 The only other California county to flip blue after voting for Trump in 2016 was mostly-rural Butte County — which saw massive displacement after the deadly Camp fire destroyed the town of Paradise in 2018. Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
Adjective
Tahquamenon Falls State Park announced the issue in a Facebook post Thursday, with flip flops and Crocs taken from campers at the state park's Rivermouth Campground. Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 20 July 2024 Her double-twisting double back flip dismount is the hardest dismount being done here. Kaetlyn Liddy, NBC News, 30 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for flip 

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“Flip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip. Accessed 25 Oct. 2024.

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