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flip the script

To change or reverse something dramatically. Wow, they really flipped the script on their opponents after the intermission. The score went from 0-3 to 5-3! The votes in the swing state may flip the script in this election. I didn't expect that team full of rookies to flip the script and score 20 unanswered points in a playoff game!

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flip the script

1. tv. to lie; to change one’s story. The guy flips the script depending on whose listening.

2. tv. to reverse positions in a situation; to turn the tables on someone. Now he’s the one who’s in trouble! That’s really flipping the script!

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script(t)

n. a note; any piece of paper with a written message. (Underworld.) Make him sign this script before you let him in on the deal.

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