Idiom
arse over tip
Vulgar
Meaning
Tumbling or falling; upside-down.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“He tripped and went arse over tip on the sidewalk.”
“She slipped on the icy path and went arse over tip in front of everyone.”
“The clumsy hiker lost his footing on the steep incline and tumbled arse over tip down the rocky slope.”
Examples
simple
“He tripped and went arse over tip on the sidewalk.”
contextual
“She slipped on the icy path and went arse over tip in front of everyone.”
complex
“The clumsy hiker lost his footing on the steep incline and tumbled arse over tip down the rocky slope.”
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