tip over into sth
— phrasal verb with tip uk/tɪp/us/tɪp/verb -pp-
If something tips over from something into something else, it stops being the first thing, and becomes the second:
At various points in the play, the action tips over from comedy into farce (= stops being funny and becomes ridiculous).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Changing
- a new broom sweeps clean idiom
- about-turn
- alter
- alternate
- alternation
- bastardize
- convert
- move on
- move the goalposts idiom
- move with the times idiom
- new
- new broom
- onto
- reverse
- swing
- transform
- transitional
- transmogrify
- transmute
- turn (sb/sth) into sb/sth
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