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Word entry · 8 letters

overturn

Best crossword clue

"Tip upside down"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˌəʊvə(ɹ)ˈtɜː(ɹ)n/Part of speech noun, verbSorted enorrtuvStarts with OEnds with N2 cluesCommon crossword word
1O2V3E4R5T6U7R8N

Definitions

  1. an improbable and unexpected victory

Word origin

From Middle English overturnen, equivalent to over- + turn. Compare also Middle English overterven (“to overturn”), see terve.

Used in a sentence

  • About three or four minutes later still an express freight on the up main line ran into the wreckage at about 35 m.p.h. Its engine also overturned and 15 more wagons were added to the mounting pile of wreckage.
  • We also found that the only emergency egress from the tram was by smashing the front or rear windscreens, and that emergency lighting had failed when the tram overturned.
  • In a report for the Sun on Sunday, Barak claimed that Andrew is consulting lawyers about overturning that settlement.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Tip upside down8 letters
02Flip upside down8 letters

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