tip over
verb
tipped over; tipping over; tips over
: to fall over or to cause (something) to fall over
The glass nearly tipped over.
He accidentally tipped the lamp over and broke it.
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Intuitive Machines has managed to land on the moon twice, but its lander tipped over on both missions.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Intuitive Machines aims to bounce back from its first two CLPS missions, in which the company’s landers tipped over after touchdown.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026
All three products, according to the CPSC, can collapse or tip over while in use.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
One slightly heavy Samsonite full of some tourists' Tokyo Disney souvenirs, and that thing is just going to tip over, or its arms will snap off.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Intuitive Machines aims to bounce back from its first two CLPS missions, in which the company’s landers tipped over after touchdown.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 May 2026
All three products, according to the CPSC, can collapse or tip over while in use.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
One slightly heavy Samsonite full of some tourists' Tokyo Disney souvenirs, and that thing is just going to tip over, or its arms will snap off.
—Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for tip over
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“Tip over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tip%20over. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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