Flip
Mean
Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Later on in the comments he revealed he didn't actually mean it and just wanted to see people flip their lids over it.
Source: Creator / cartoonlover98 -
On the flip side, could also mean that the carefully compartmentalized space of a dresser drawer is the only part of Bob's life he's ready to open up to Sue.
Source: I Got You a Drawer - Or, on the flip side, any crimes the character commits can be rationalized, while any insult from the hero towards the villain is cast as deplorably mean.
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Mean and Flip. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flip/mean
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Mean or Flip. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/flip/mean.
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