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the flip side (of something)

1. The opposite aspect, possibility, or result associated with something. Of course, the flip side of integrating technology into so many aspects of our lives is that we run the risk of exposing our private information to cyber criminals. I'll have to work really long hours and be away from my family for long stretches of time, but, on the flip side, I'll get the opportunity to travel around the world.

2. The side of a record that is not currently playing. What's the flip side of that song you have on?

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flip side

1. Lit. the "other" side of a phonograph record. On the flip side, we have another version of "Love Me Tender" sung by Sandy Softly. You really should listen to the flip side sometime.

2. Fig. another aspect of a situation. On the flip side, if we lower the taxes it may stimulate consumer spending.

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flip side

1. n. the “other” side of a phonograph record. On the flip side, we have another version of “Love Me Tender” sung by Beverly Mills.

2. n. the “other” side of something, such as an argument. I want to hear the flip side of this before I make a judgment.

3. n. the return trip of a long journey. (Citizens band radio.) See ya. Catch you on the flip side, maybe.

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flip side

The other side of a 45 or 78 rpm vinyl record. The phrase was popularized by radio disc jockeys in the context of “. . . and that was Chuck Berry singing his latest hit, Roll Over Beethoven—and now let's hear the flip side, Drifting Heart.” When a song became a hit, its side of the record became the “A side” and the flip side was then referred to as the “B side.” Then CDs made As and Bs passe´.

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On the flip side is the relatively unexplored matter of educating future business leaders about public relations' role and uses.

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Finally, the proof that the proposed bill is about tilting a balanced system in favor of union power, at the expense of workers rights, is revealed by its treatment of the flip side of unionization - decertification elections.

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The 25 rockers and ballads that constitute this set are uniformly excellent, moving from ``Travelin' Man'' and its 1961 flip side, ``Hello Mary Lou'' - so contagious it's three-chord bird flu - to ``Lonesome Town,'' ``Young World'' and 1972's equally fine comeback, ``Garden Party.

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Through the installation in the gallery, Coleman's work becomes this film's flip side, its "lining" (Chris Marker), as it unravels the workings of film into a space where vision is stretched in time until we no longer are able to see.

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On the flip side, we can pray to those who have already gone on to eternal life because they are specially poised to intercede on our behalf.

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Although I found Joe Queenan's column ("Go West, Young Children," Flip Side, March 2004) interesting, not all 22-year-old college graduates are ready to go off to Boise.

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But there's a flip side to the rules for businesses that rely heavily on the telephone to sign up new customers and keep revenues flowing.

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The flip side is that the outlook for school privatization is excellent, and the purchase of the company will make money for the pension fund.

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Drawn with dark, introspective hues, American Life is the flip side to 2001's Music, which was intentionally aimed to be easy on the brain and heavy on the hips.

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He is the first AAHSA-member provider to become AAHSA's president and CEO, a role change that is the flip side of former president Len Fishman's.

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Ginsberg said, "If they can bill you back two years for residential and six years for commercial, and say on the flip side, 'You only have 18 months for us to correct the record,' that just isn't fair.

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But on the flip side, incumbent CBC member Barbara-Rose Collins (D-Michigan) has learned this is not always true.

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Dubbed La Nina by climate scientists, the lower-than-normal water temperatures are the flip side of the better-known El Nino, which elevates water temperatures in the same region.