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View synonyms for flip side

flip side

noun

, Informal.
  1. the reverse and usually less popular side of a phonograph record.
  2. 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

  1. another term for B-side
  2. 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?

On the flip side, when you draw a Travis Wall contemporary routine, you must be like, “I hit the lottery!”

On this take, our inequality is just the flip side of our equality.

But honestly, on the flip side, I think it did break the image.

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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