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All flip-flopping synonyms

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verb flip-flopping

  • reverse β€” opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
  • shift β€” to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
  • bargain β€” Something that is a bargain is good value for money, usually because it has been sold at a lower price than normal.
  • switch β€” a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
  • truck β€” a shuffling jitterbug step.
  • castle β€” A castle is a large building with thick, high walls. Castles were built by important people, such as kings, in former times, especially for protection during wars and battles.
  • transact β€” to carry on or conduct (business, negotiations, activities, etc.) to a conclusion or settlement. Synonyms: enact, conclude, settle, manage, negotiate.
  • revise β€” to amend or alter: to revise one's opinion.
  • temporize β€” to be indecisive or evasive to gain time or delay acting.
  • stall β€” a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.
  • duck β€” any of numerous wild or domesticated web-footed swimming birds of the family Anatidae, especially of the genus Anas and allied genera, characterized by abroad, flat bill, short legs, and depressed body.
  • revert β€” to return to a former habit, practice, belief, condition, etc.: They reverted to the ways of their forefathers.
  • convert β€” If you convert a vehicle or piece of equipment, you change it so that it can use a different fuel.
  • capsize β€” If you capsize a boat or if it capsizes, it turns upside down in the water.
  • renege β€” Cards. to play a card that is not of the suit led when one can follow suit; break a rule of play.
  • backtrack β€” If you backtrack on a statement or decision you have made, you do or say something that shows that you no longer agree with it or support it.
  • tip β€” Eugene (Gladstone) 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
  • modify β€” to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
  • upset β€” to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
  • flip β€” to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
  • turn β€” to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • introvert β€” a shy person.
  • overturn β€” to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
  • alter β€” If something alters or if you alter it, it changes.
  • upend β€” to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
  • criticize β€” If you criticize someone or something, you express your disapproval of them by saying what you think is wrong with them.
  • avoid β€” If you avoid something unpleasant that might happen, you take action in order to prevent it from happening.
  • hassle β€” a disorderly dispute.
  • pretend β€” to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
  • dispute β€” to engage in argument or debate.
  • argufy β€” to argue or quarrel, esp over something trivial
  • chicane β€” a bridge or whist hand without trumps
  • altercate β€” to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
  • back β€” If you move back, you move in the opposite direction to the one in which you are facing or in which you were moving before.
  • about-face β€” An about-face is a complete change of attitude or opinion.
  • retreat β€” the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
  • recall β€” to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
  • countermand β€” If you countermand an order, you cancel it, usually by giving a different order.
  • negate β€” to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
  • overthrow β€” to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
  • retract β€” to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
  • retrogress β€” to go backward into an earlier and usually worse condition: to retrogress to infantilism.
  • decline β€” If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
  • return β€” to go or come back, as to a former place, position, or state: to return from abroad; to return to public office; to return to work.
  • relapse β€” to fall or slip back into a former state, practice, etc.: to relapse into silence.
  • recur β€” to occur again, as an event, experience, etc.
  • resume β€” a summing up; summary.
  • lapse β€” an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
  • come back β€” If something that you had forgotten comes back to you, you remember it.
  • fall off the wagon β€” (Idiomatic) To cease or fail at a regimen of self-improvement or reform; to lapse back into an old habit or addiction.
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