flip the script
(North America, informal) To reverse a situation, especially by doing something unexpected.
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Game on, Ohio! Time to flip the script and bring some sanity back to Columbus. Who's with me? 🤔
Here's a suggestion. Get white blue collar workers to vote against the party that has been shafting them for decades. Flip the script on the fascists.
Mountaineers Working To Flip The Script for 2025 https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/883235/ MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A few weeks ago, Travis Trickett, one of coach Rich Rodriguez‘s right-hand men as West…
Let’s flip the script: karma can be a real bitch when it strikes you unexpectedly. 😂😂😂
Mountaineers Working To Flip The Script for 2025 - West Virginia University Athletics #wvumountaineers #wvusports #wvu #westvirginia https://www.rfr.bz/b4f5547
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(North America, informal) To reverse a situation, especially by doing something unexpected.
“Game on, Ohio! Time to flip the script and bring some sanity back to Columbus. Who's with me? 🤔”
“Here's a suggestion. Get white blue collar workers to vote against the party that has been shafting them for decades. Flip the script on the fascists.”
“Let’s flip the script: karma can be a real bitch when it strikes you unexpectedly. 😂😂😂”
Some people walk with a panther or strike a buffalo stance that makes you wanna dance. Other people flip the script on the day of the jackal that'll make you cackle.
“Game on, Ohio! Time to flip the script and bring some sanity back to Columbus. Who's with me? 🤔”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Here's a suggestion. Get white blue collar workers to vote against the party that has been shafting them for decades. Flip the script on the fascists.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Mountaineers Working To Flip The Script for 2025 https://www.rawchili.com/nfl/883235/ MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A few weeks ago, Travis Trickett, one of coach Rich Rodriguez‘s right-hand men as West…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Let’s flip the script: karma can be a real bitch when it strikes you unexpectedly. 😂😂😂”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Mountaineers Working To Flip The Script for 2025 - West Virginia University Athletics #wvumountaineers #wvusports #wvu #westvirginia https://www.rfr.bz/b4f5547”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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