tump (over)

chiefly Southern

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tump (over)
Verb
  • Students and their supporters say their goal was never to topple Mr. Vucic.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Gaetz, once a key surrogate for the governor in the early years of his administration, became a critic during the Republican presidential primary as DeSantis sought to topple Trump as the GOP’s presidential nominee.
    Ana Ceballos, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Indeed, in Jordan, Palestinians assassinated a king and attempted to overthrow the government.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The group said Estrella was falsely accused of having been involved in an effort to overthrow Maduro.
    Antonio Maria Delgado, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 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
  • Measurements and shape tendencies Hourglass shapes are mostly easy to identify, but there are times when they can be confused with other body types, and your body may mix features of the hourglass and a shape such as a pear, apple, inverted triangle or rectangle.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The fuselage is inverted and submerged in waist-deep water, with recovery efforts underway.
    John Feng, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • About 30% of the staff at Georgia’s Division of Family and Children Services that oversees benefits enrollment and employment verification had turned over between 2017 and 2022, according to state data.
    Margaret Coker, ProPublica, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The children, meanwhile, have been turned over to a relative via Child Protective Services.
    Gina Kaufman, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • The conflict over the Colorado River in many ways resembles California’s internal conflict, including an uncertainty over whether governments can overturn or ignore water rights stretching back to the 19th century.
    Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 9 Feb. 2025
  • Von Ehlinger’s attorney then filed an appeal arguing that his client’s conviction should be overturned because of constitutional and evidentiary errors during his trial.
    Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 7 Feb. 2025
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“Tump (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tump%20%28over%29. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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