flop Idiom, Proverb
flip-flop
do a flip-flop
Idiom(s): do a flip-flop (on something) AND do an about-faceTheme: REVERSAL
to make a total reversal of opinion. (Informal or slang.)
• Without warning, the government did a flip-flop on taxation.
• It had done an about-face on the question of deductions last year.
flip-flop|flip|flop
flip-flop1 v., informal To alternate the positions of; exchange the places of; switch. The football coach had one play in which he flip-flopped his left halfback and fullback.flip-flop2 n., informal A complete change; a switch from one thing to an entirely different one. John wanted to be a carpenter like his father, but when he saw the print shop he did a flip-flop and now he's learning printing.
flip-flop3 adj. phr., informal Involving or using a change from one of two places, positions, or alternatives to the other. The machine was controlled by a flip-flop switch. The football coach hoped to surprise his opponents by using a flip-flop offense.
take a flop|flop|take
v. phr. To fall heavily. I took a nasty flop on the ice-covered sidewalk.
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