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.
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For Intuitive Machines, 2025 presents a second chance at perfection after its Odysseus spacecraft touched down on the moon in February 2024 but ultimately tipped over.
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
This helps with stability and prevents the bag from tipping over.
—Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025
And, Cher being Cher, sometimes that forthrightness can tip over into not-safe-for-morning-TV talk.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
Here’s a legal tip over the net: Subscribers can take a peek at the answer key.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Ashley Strickland, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
This helps with stability and prevents the bag from tipping over.
—Rabekah Henderson, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2025
And, Cher being Cher, sometimes that forthrightness can tip over into not-safe-for-morning-TV talk.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 19 Nov. 2024
Here’s a legal tip over the net: Subscribers can take a peek at the answer key.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Tip over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tip%20over. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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