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FLIP SIDE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does flip side mean?
• FLIP SIDE (noun)
The noun FLIP SIDE has 1 sense:
1. a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect)
Familiarity information: FLIP SIDE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Context example:
on the flip side of partnerships he talked about their competition
Hypernyms ("flip side" is a kind of...):
oppositeness; opposition (the relation between opposed entities)
Domain usage:
figure; figure of speech; image; trope (language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense)
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