tumped (over)

past tense of tump (over), chiefly Southern

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tumped (over)
Verb
  • The city has turned over the 2023 debt to a collection agency.
    La Risa R. Lynch, jsonline.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Officers also found a dog in the truck that was turned over to the family, per Schierbaum.
    Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 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
  • The abduction took place only about 100 yards from the presidential palace in Niamey, where ousted President Mohamed Bazoum has been held since he was toppled by a coup more than two years ago, according to CBS News.
    Michael Dorgan , Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Pictures and videos of the aftermath of the tornado obtained by BBC showed uprooted trees crushing cars and several cranes that toppled over, damaging buildings.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Venture capital has quietly inverted.
    Roman Axelrod, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier this year, Hayley Williams inverted the entire format by releasing her solo album Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party as 17 separate singles.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The deployments have sparked intense backlash, a dizzying number of legal battles and upended daily life in communities flooded with federal agents and National Guard troops.
    Christopher Cann, USA Today, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The film, which Jacir has spent eight years developing, centers on a group of Palestinian villagers whose lives are upended by British occupation, tracing the birth of a national movement that reverberates through generations.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Two out of three lanes are closed and traffic is delayed on the inner loop of Interstate 485 in northwest Charlotte after a tractor trailer overturned Tuesday morning.
    Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The British Library overturned its initial decision by issuing Wilde’s proxy a new card in his name.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Both men were wearing life jackets, but were separated when their canoe capsized.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Here's What to Know Several attempts to provide guardrails around technology have already capsized.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The thing that upsets me with fashion today is everyone is so scared.
    Rob Haskell, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Miami lost its first game of the season in a 24-21 upset by the Louisville Cardinals at Hard Rock Stadium.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Tumped (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tumped%20%28over%29. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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