How to Use flip off in a Sentence

flip off

verb
  • Shut-ins are not like flipping off a light switch.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • Shut-ins are not like flipping off a light switch.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 27 May 2026
  • Travis then flipped off the camera as the crowd laughed.
    — Rachel McRady, PEOPLE, 16 June 2026
  • But flipping off Chiefs fans was a no-no.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Bodies flip off the stage as dozens push and punch their way through the pit.
    — Ian Blau, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2021
  • Panic set in during the flip off the wall making the turn in the pool.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Getting flipped off while driving is just a rite of passage here.
    — Shafaq Patel, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Last year, he was held in contempt last year after flipping off a judge.
    — Steven Lemongello, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Two men drove past on motorcycles and flipped off the activists.
    — Jason Kyle Howard, The New Republic, 25 June 2023
  • However, carriage further back on the train were flipped off the tracks by the storm.
    — Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 30 Apr. 2024
  • Often, neurons in one part of the brain would flip off while their peers in another area would stay on.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 27 Apr. 2011
  • Standing over him was a man flipping off the camera, Roman said.
    — Brittany Morris, NBC News, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The pilot obliges — and then the co-pilot flips off the autopilot function.
    — Michael Schneider, Variety, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The lights flip off, and the most prominent quarterback in the world turns his attention to a big screen.
    — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Kelly's daughter could be seen flipping off the camera next to her dad, who mimicked the same gesture.
    — Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The woman appears to double-down on the racist term and flips off the man confronting her with both of her middle fingers.
    — Terry Tang, Chicago Tribune, 8 May 2025
  • You won’t be fined or arrested for flipping off another driver who cuts you off in traffic.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
  • You won’t be fined or arrested for flipping off another driver who cuts you off in traffic.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Go to the main electrical panel and flip off the circuit breaker that’s feeding power to the light switch.
    — Roy Berendson, Popular Mechanics, 17 Oct. 2018
  • In a clip circulating online, Wallen flips off the shirt with a pair of middle fingers.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • To eat by flickering light, the overhead bulbs flipped off, the room brightened by candles and the Christmas tree.
    — Kamila Hrabchuk, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2023
  • Apparently, Smith flipped off the Wolverines' fan base.
    — Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025
  • The ad shows Sykes, a former state gymnastics champion, flipping off the end of a balance beam.
    — Audrey Baker, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 26 July 2024
  • She can also be seen challenging herself to try new things like unicycling on a skateboard and flipping off a diving board.
    — Nikita Eglis, Peoplemag, 13 Sep. 2024
  • Eventually, Hilaria can be seen running out of the way as Alec flips off the tube and gets a face full of snow.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The golf cart flipped off the edge of a stone wall and landed in the lake, but the three teenagers were able to stand on top of the cart in the water, Campbell said.
    — Saleen Martin, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Eventually, Hilaria could be seen running out of the way as Alec flipped off the tube and got a face full of snow.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026
  • The day after posting with his wife, Wahlberg uploaded a video of his son doing a front flip off their boat into the serene blue water.
    — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 11 Aug. 2020
  • That’s a worthy impulse, but reverence doesn’t suit a novel where the main character spends most of his time flipping off the universe.
    — Vulture, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Sandlin points out that for a human to, say, reverse out of a front flip off a diving board would seem impossible, but cats do it every single time.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2020

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