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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Though authorities received numerous tips over the years and investigated several persons of interest, no suspect was ever named in Husinetruit’s case, and she was never found.
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Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 15 July 2025
Our planet is tipped over by about 23.5 degrees relative to the plane of its orbit around the sun.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 5 June 2025
Perry’s prop malfunction occurred just one day after Beyoncé experienced an onstage mishap of her own, when her flying car began to tip over mid-air during her June 29 performance in Houston.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 1 July 2025
And once that first stage gate is tipped over, things can happen very quickly.
—Jeff Nelson, People.com, 30 June 2025
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Yasmeen Hamadeh, People.com, 15 July 2025
Our planet is tipped over by about 23.5 degrees relative to the plane of its orbit around the sun.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 5 June 2025
Perry’s prop malfunction occurred just one day after Beyoncé experienced an onstage mishap of her own, when her flying car began to tip over mid-air during her June 29 performance in Houston.
—Michaela Zee, Variety, 1 July 2025
And once that first stage gate is tipped over, things can happen very quickly.
—Jeff Nelson, People.com, 30 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for tip over
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“Tip over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tip%20over. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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