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View synonyms for flip side
flip side
noun
, Informal.
- the reverse and usually less popular side of a phonograph record.
- an opposite, reverse, or sharply contrasted side or aspect of something or someone:
The flip side of their charitable activities is a desire for publicity.
flip side
noun
- another term for B-side
- another, less familiar aspect of a person or thing
the flip side of John Lennon
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flip side1
First recorded in 1945–50
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Example Sentences
Were you playing up or, on the flip side, shying away from portraying a romantic attraction?
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On the flip side, when you draw a Travis Wall contemporary routine, you must be like, “I hit the lottery!”
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On this take, our inequality is just the flip side of our equality.
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But honestly, on the flip side, I think it did break the image.
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The flip side of that, though, is their passion for the soul music of the past, and for its promise of redemption.
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