flip side

flip side

n. Informal

1. The reverse side, as of a phonograph record.

2. The opposite side: "The flip side of retrospectively savaging the loser is beatifying ... the winner" (Charles Krauthammer).

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flip side

n

1. (Music, other) 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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flip′ side`

n.

1. the reverse and usu. less popular side of a phonograph record.

2. an opposite or reverse side.

[1945–50]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

flip side - a different aspect of something (especially the opposite aspect); "the flip side of your positive qualities sometimes get out of control"; "on the flip side of partnerships he talked about their competition" figure of speech, trope, image, figure - language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense oppositeness, opposition - the relation between opposed entities

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Translations

retro

flip side

n (of record) → retro

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