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| 1. | [ verb ] turn from an upright or normal position | |
| Synonyms: | tip_over tump_over turn_over | |
| Examples: | "The big vase overturned" "The canoe tumped over" |
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| Related terms: | turn capsize upend upset | |
| 2. | [ verb ] cause to overturn from an upright or normal position | |
| Synonyms: | knock_over turn_over bowl_over upset tump_over tip_over | |
| Examples: | "The cat knocked over the flower vase" "the clumsy customer turned over the vase" "he tumped over his beer" |
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| Related terms: | move upset | |
| 3. | [ verb ] rule against | |
| Synonyms: | override reverse overthrow overrule | |
| Examples: | "The Republicans were overruled when the House voted on the bill" |
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| Related terms: | rule reversal | |
| 4. | [ verb ] (politics) cause the downfall of; of rulers | |
| Synonyms: | overthrow subvert bring_down | |
| Examples: | "The Czar was overthrown" "subvert the ruling class" |
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| Related terms: | depose revolutionize subversion | |
| 5. | [ verb ] annul by recalling or rescinding | |
| Synonyms: | rescind repeal lift countermand reverse annul vacate revoke | |
| Examples: | "He revoked the ban on smoking" "lift an embargo" "vacate a death sentence" |
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| Related terms: | cancel renege reverse abrogation reversal vacation revocation | |
| 6. | [ noun ] the act of upsetting something | |
| Synonyms: | turnover upset | |
| Examples: | "he was badly bruised by the upset of his sled at a high speed" |
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| Related terms: | inversion | |
| 7. | [ verb ] change radically | |
| Synonyms: | revolutionize revolutionise | |
| Examples: | "E-mail revolutionized communication in academe" |
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| Related terms: | change revolution | |
| 8. | [ noun ] an improbable and unexpected victory | |
| Synonyms: | upset | |
| Examples: | "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath" |
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| Related terms: | success upset | |
| Similar spelling: |
overturned overturning overt Overturf overture Overton overtone overdraft overtaking ovrette overtop overtly overtax overeat overdue overthrown overtire overtime overtake overdraw |
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