tump (over)

chiefly Southern

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tump (over)
Verb
  • No subsequent franchise title has been able to topple that record, although many are betting on Last Rites to do just that.
    Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025
  • But that dynasty has long been loathed by Thailand’s powerful conservative and royalist establishment which, with the help of both the military and courts, has frequently toppled or tied up Shinawatra-run governments.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Relations only continued to tank when, in 2020, American mercenaries attempted to overthrow the Venezuelan government in an amateurish scheme.
    Wesley Alexander Hill, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • While presidents have been accused of crimes before, an ex-leader has never been successfully brought to trial for attempting to overthrow the government.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Skinner wanted a natural left-footer who could invade space instead of a right-footed player like Celin Bizet having to invert.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Tilt the skillet toward the plate and let gravity roll and invert the omelet, seam-side down, onto the plate.
    Jeremiah Langhorne, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Responsibility of running the Nuggets day-to-day has since been turned over to Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace.
    Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The deadline for the documents to be turned over is September 15th and Comer said they were tied to the panel’s investigation of the possible mismanagement of the federal government’s investigation of Epstein and Maxwell.
    Emily Goodin, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An outside hearing examiner overturned the December dismissal of Matthew Krueger, saying there was no cause to support any disciplinary action, according to a Facebook post by the Fort Worth Police Officers Association.
    Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The administration contends the law is unconstitutional, asserting an expansive view of presidential power that could prompt the Supreme Court to overturn what remains of its 90-year-old precedent upholding such removal protections.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Tump (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tump%20%28over%29. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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