flip-flop

flip-flop (3) {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.

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flip-flop

[flip-flop] (1) {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./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

flip-flop

[flip-flop] (2) {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 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

flop

[flop] See: [FLIP-FLOP]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

take a flop

[take a flop] {v. phr.} To fall heavily. * /I took a nasty flop on the ice-covered sidewalk./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

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