topple
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɒpəl
Verb
topple (third-person singular simple present topples, present participle toppling, simple past and past participle toppled)
- (transitive) to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something
- The massed crowds toppled the statue of the former dictator.
- (intransitive) to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so
- The pile of pennies began to topple.
Translations
to push, throw over, overturn or overthrow something
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to totter and fall, or to lean as if about to do so
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