Concept cluster: Activities > Overturning
adv
(Britain, idiomatic, vulgar) Tumbling or falling; upside-down.
adv
(Australia, New Zealand, Britain, idiomatic, vulgar) Tumbling; falling; upside-down, unstable or unbalanced.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To pull away.
v
(idiomatic) To lower the setting of.
adv
(informal, idiomatic) Falling over in a jumbled heap.
v
(technical jargon) Discuss a minor detail.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To bow, to bend oneself as a gesture of deference or respect.
v
(obsolete) To turn, especially away or aside.
v
(idiomatic, of an event, thing, person) To emerge, come up; be about to happen; to approach or arrive on the scene; to present (itself or oneself).
n
(finance) A sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures).
n
(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a, always followed by a noun phrase) Inferior to.
v
(intransitive, figuratively) To deviate from the previous course or direction.
v
(obsolete) to overthrow, subvert
v
(transitive, intransitive, obsolete, also figuratively) To disrupt; to overthrow.
v
(transitive) To go into something by falling.
v
(dated) To turn out, happen.
v
(transitive) To flip; to reverse (an image).
v
(archaic, transitive) To obstruct; barricade; block.
v
(idiomatic) Alternative form of punch below one's weight [(idiomatic) To achieve or perform at a level lower than should be expected based on one's preparation, attributes, rank, or past accomplishments.]
v
To hang outwards.
v
(poetic) Alternative form of overthrow [(transitive) To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force.]
v
(poetic) Obsolete spelling of o'erthrow; Alternative form of overthrow
n
That which comes off or the act or process of coming off; emission.
v
(obsolete) To strike off; cut off.
v
(transitive, chiefly dialectal) To put out; extinguish.
v
(intransitive) To lance outward.
v
(transitive) To surpass in pulling.
v
(transitive) To stabilize by fitting with an outrigger.
v
(obsolete) To rive; to sever.
n
The action or result of something rolling outward.
v
(Internet, CSS, transitive) To cause (a design element) to extend around the outside of something else, the opposite of being inset.
v
(transitive, poetic, archaic) To hurl outward.
v
(archery) To use a device for shooting arrows shorter than the draw of the bow.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To omit or ignore.
v
(transitive) To pull something with more force than (someone or something).
n
A push of the upper part of an object, thereby generating a shearing or turning force
v
(transitive) To bring about the downfall of (a government, etc.), especially by force.
n
The act of overthrowing something or someone.
v
(transitive) To depose or unseat.
n
The overturning or overthrow of some institution or state of affairs; ruin.
v
To rudely force one's way in front of another.
v
(transitive) To push over; to push so that it topples.
v
(intransitive, idiomatic) To prolong; to make longer (in time).
v
(chiefly UK) to fall over, to topple
v
(transitive) To push under or below.
v
(transitive) To overturn from the foundation; to overthrow; to ruin utterly.
v
(transitive) To overwhelm or bring down.
v
(idiomatic) To negotiate a lower price.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To dash down; cast; throw: in combination with over; to overthrow; overturn.
v
(ergative) (to cause) to topple over and fall
v
(transitive) To push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something.
v
(idiomatic) To fall over (to fall from an upright or standing position to a horizontal or prone position).
v
Alternative form of trail off [(of a voice or phenomenon) To slowly diminish in intensity, volume or frequency; thus, to diminish more quickly over time.]
v
(obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
v
To dig underneath (something), to make a passage for destructive or military purposes; to sap.
v
To disappear abruptly.
n
An act of overthrowing or turning over.
v
(geology, transitive) To throw up (a mass of material) from below, causing a fault.
v
(transitive) To toss up.
v
(idiomatic) To reach the end of a very difficult situation without too much harm or damage.
v
(intransitive, obsolete) To pass away; disappear; depart; vanish.

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