flip out

Example Sentences

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“His official biographer, Edmund Morris, said to me that the only time he ever saw Ronald Reagan flip out was after he saw the movie.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Such poetic abstraction risks sounding flip out of context, but the qualities of Ewart’s compositional practice made the gesture seem more like an authentic celebration of multiplicity and invention.

From New York Times • Mar. 20, 2023

When my wife had to literally pry them from her small hands to wash them, she'd flip out.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2022

In some fandelier models, the blades aren’t visible until you turn on the fan, when they flip out gracefully and start whirring.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2022

I was just glad Doris didn't flip out about it.

From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds