Flip
Flip verb - To turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner.
Get to
Get to verb - Arrive at the point of.
Both terms in one sentence
-
Specifically, it is possible to get to a point where the directions tell you to flip to a particular page — and the directions on that page tell you to flip back to the previous page, which will of course send you back to the second page, and so on.
-
For one, they held only 30 minutes per side, forcing users to get up and flip the disc to get to the next part of their movie, or switch discs if the movie were longer than 60 minutes.
Source: Useful Notes / CED -
See, the bad guy alien was carrying a rather large laser cannon with him, which the other aliens neglected to pick up (we get to see their boss flip out at them over this later).
Source: Film / Laserblast
Cite this Source
Get to and Flip. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flip/get_to
Flip & Get to. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/flip/get_to>.
Get to or Flip. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/flip/get_to.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "flip" and "get to" have occurred on timeline