"flip on its head" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: flips on its head [present, singular, third-person], flipping on its head [participle, present], flipped on its head [participle, past], flipped on its head [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} flip on its head (third-person singular simple present flips on its head, present participle flipping on its head, simple past and past participle flipped on its head)
  1. Alternative form of turn on its head. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: turn on its head
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