flip the script
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.97 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
1
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To reverse a situation, especially by doing something unexpected.
Canadian usage; American usage; Informal
Example Sentences
- "Some people walk with a panther or strike a buffalo stance that makes you wanna dance. Other people flip the script on the day of the jackal that'll make you cackle."
- "But sometimes she'd flip the script and come out with some tight shit on, turning that magnetic strength up to full power."
- "We need to flip the script and start showing that same level of compassion and love toward each other, and perhaps we will then gain respect and control over our communities."
- "And we're not talking about me. We're talking about you. What's with you Kings? You're always trying to flip the script on me."
- "I know there are exceptions, and I’m not trying to flip the script and reveal the reactionary face of Hollywood, though it’s true that in the years of the Production Code (from the mid-’30s until the late ’60s), Hollywood upheld a fairly conservative vision of American life."