| Id | ESLPod_0201_WE_0076 |
|---|---|
| Episode Id | ESLPod 201 |
| Episode Title | Making a Bet |
| Phrase | to flip for it |
| Text | The phrase "to flip for it," in this podcast, means to decide a winner using a coin: "They decided to flip for it to decide who will ride in the front seat of the car on the long road trip." The verb "to flip" has several meanings. "To flip through" means to look or search through something quickly, usually something with pages: "I flipped through all of the books on this shelf but I still didn't find the letter she was hiding." Or, "He didn't really read those papers. He just flipped through them." "To flip over" means to turn over very quickly: "In the accident, the car flipped over and caught on fire." Or, "When we all jumped on the bed, he flipped over and fell off!" |
| Topics | Money |
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