flip side

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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.

Origin of flip side

First recorded in 1945–50

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Related Words for flip side

B-side, back, converse, inverse, obverse, contraposition

British Dictionary definitions for flip side

flip side

noun

another term for B-side

another, less familiar aspect of a person or thingthe flip side of John Lennon

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