flip on its head

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Verb

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flip on its head (third-person singular simple present flips on its head, present participle flipping on its head, simple past and past participle flipped on its head)

  1. Alternative form of turn on its head.
    • 2023 March 13, Naureen Khan, “Doug Emhoff Wants Men to Clear the Path for More Kamalas”, in Cosmopolitan[1]:
      While [Kamala] Harris made history by becoming the first Black and South Asian woman to ascend to the vice presidency, [Doug] Emhoff has burnished a reputation as the über-supportive spouse, stepping back from his own career as an entertainment lawyer and flipping the usual White House gender dynamic on its head.