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tip_over

tip over

English

Noun

tip over (plural tip overs)

  1. (soccer) An action where the goalkeeper deflects the ball over the crossbar.
    • 2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:
      Bolton then went even closer when Elmander's cross was met by a bullet header from Holden, which forced a wonderful tip over from Cech before Drogba then cleared the resulting corner off the line.

Verb

tip over (third-person singular simple present tips over, present participle tipping over, simple past and past participle tipped over)

  1. (ergative) (to cause) to topple over and fall
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