tump (over)

chiefly Southern

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tump (over)
Verb
  • The region went dark late Saturday morning, after a high-voltage line in the region toppled over, RTE said on X.
    Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 24 May 2025
  • The safe barrier protecting dozens of butterflies at a Missouri zoo was breached as winds toppled trees and tornadoes ripped through the state.
    Kate Linderman, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2025
Verb
  • Qaddafi was later overthrown and slain in a 2011 rebellion backed by NATO.
    Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
  • In 1984, five years after the Shah of Iran was overthrown, her parents moved with her to Germany.
    Kerry A. Dolan, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • That led to the Saints to overset the edge or overrun the ball carrier, creating huge cutback lanes.
    Lance Reisland, cleveland, 23 Dec. 2022
  • McGovern will often overset shaded defensive linemen, which opens up the inside move for defenders.
    John Owning, Dallas News, 1 June 2020
Verb
  • There was something transgressive and liberating about an aesthetic that inverted not only good and bad taste but also conventional and unconventional morality.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
  • Top one of those pieces of buttered bread with a few slices of onion, evenly distributed over the surface, then invert the other buttered bread slice on top.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2025
Verb
  • Then, late last month, Walsh set a June 6 deadline for the former parish leaders to leave the property and turn over any records, funds or property belonging to the parish.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 5 June 2025
  • According to court records, the attorney representing the boy’s mother filed a motion for contempt and show cause order against Abarca on Wednesday, presumably because the boy has not been turned over to his mother in accordance with conditions of the protective order.
    Mike Hendricks, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
Verb
  • Foreign universities want to hire them May 25, 2025 The suit also seeks to overturn the Trump administration’s 15% cap on indirect costs related to research, which universities say are critical to carrying out their work.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
  • The suit, which hopes to overturn the law, argues that the city’s ordinance violates the First Amendment and does not apply to other forms of speech, like a political candidate asking for support or a church member proselytizing.
    Vivienne Serret, Miami Herald, 28 May 2025
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“Tump (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tump%20%28over%29. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

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