tump (over)

verb

Definition of tump (over)next
chiefly Southern
as in to pitchpole

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tump (over)
  1. topple
  2. overthrow
  3. overset
  4. invert
  5. turn over
  6. overturn
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  • The record comes just one day after Argentina toppled Switzerland 3-1 at Kansas City (Arrowhead) Stadium, marking the end of the last World Cup game in the city.
    — Caroline Zimmerman, Kansas City Star, 13 July 2026
  • In the coastal city of Yueqing in Zhejiang province, more than 1,300 trees were toppled, including at least 700 uprooted, according to state broadcaster CCTV.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 July 2026
Definition of topple
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  • Hezbollah, along with Iran, intervened on the side of Assad during Syria’s 14-year civil war, while al-Sharaa was the leader of an insurgent group seeking to overthrow him.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 June 2026
  • Many rebel groups are offshoots of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, which had been fighting to overthrow the government since the 1960s and had been the country's largest guerrilla organization.
    — John Otis, NPR, 21 June 2026
Definition of overthrow
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  • That led to the Saints to overset the edge or overrun the ball carrier, creating huge cutback lanes.
    — Lance Reisland, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
  • McGovern will often overset shaded defensive linemen, which opens up the inside move for defenders.
    — John Owning, Dallas News, 1 June 2020
Definition of overset
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  • But there’s a point at which an act of service risks inverting into a selfish act.
    — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2026
  • Review Compression The first signal sits in your team's pull request analytics, inverted from how most organizations read them.
    — Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Definition of invert
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  • La Roja then lacks quality and intent, opting instead for little flicks around corners that result in turning over possession.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 10 July 2026
  • Smith said Flores recently received notification that his internal affairs case had been turned over to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office for possible charges.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Definition of turn over
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  • However, this theory has also been challenged by physicists who argue that the force of methane bubbles is unlikely to be powerful enough to overturn a ship.
    — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2026
  • The referee pointed straight to the spot and there was no chance the video assistant referee (VAR) was going to overturn it.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
Definition of overturn
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