tump (over)

chiefly Southern

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tump (over)
Verb
  • The number of sites, and whether they are secured, has been a mystery since rebels toppled Mr. al-Assad last year.
    Megha Rajagopalan, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2025
  • Rafah residents said most of the local population had followed Israel's order to leave, as Israeli strikes toppled buildings there.
    Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mahmoud Issa, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The 1991 Gulf War succeeded because the George H. W. Bush administration aimed only to expel Iraq from Kuwait and not to overthrow Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
    Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
  • And as the challenger mounting a last-ditch attempt to overthrow his control, Cristin Milioti delivers a superb performance.
    Charles Bramesco, Vulture, 10 Apr. 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
  • Learning in progress inverts that dynamic by delivering smaller nuggets of more relevant, personalized learning to employees whenever it’s needed and as often as required.
    John Kannapell, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Universal’s Stardust Racers is the frontrunner for best new coaster of 2025 The Wolf’s Revenge will be similar to Phoenix Rising at Busch Garden Tampa — a much shorter and slightly faster B&M family inverted coaster that opened last summer.
    Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The list included turning over admissions and hiring data, abolishing diversity programs and complying with federal orders regarding foreign students.
    Meredith Kile, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • And in October, the board dismissed a case involving another incident at East Mesa partly because probation officials declined to turn over records.
    Kelly Davis, Mercury News, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The decision overturned a lower court ruling that had required their reinstatement, supporting Trump's efforts to downsize the federal workforce.
    Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • He was released after a court overturned his 40-year sentence for the kidnapping and killing of Camarena.
    Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Tump (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tump%20%28over%29. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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