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flip the script

Commonly used in rap battles, it means to take what somebody said against you and to use it against them.
When he started hittin' at people I was with that night, I flipped the script by talking about how he didn't have anyone even with him.
by P. Noland August 12, 2005
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Flip the script

To turn the tide, blaze a new trail, or otherwise go against a pre-established or preconcieved rule, idea, norm, or expectancy.
Lupe Fiasco would flip the script of the rap game when he released an album that didn't rely on cliched rap tenets such as drugs, sex, and violence to be commercially successful.
by Lance Steele April 23, 2009
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flipping the script

When something changes drastically.
Well Mom, you're flipping the script! You're making us breakfast, when you said you wouldn't!
by XuZhuFatMan July 30, 2006
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Flip the Script

When someone does something deceitful to you, you forgive them, and they take your kindness as a weakness and think they have the upper hand. Now you turn around and do the exact same thing to them, but they never see it coming because they thought you were weak! Gotcha.
Mike made plans with me, later confirmed the plans, seemed really excited about everything and called two hours before to cancel, turns out he had no means to keep the date from the start. I laughed it off, accepted another date and flip the script, this time I no-showed for the date.
by Fire Starter September 17, 2013
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flipped the script

Going crazy; having a loud and usually very verbal meltdown.
"Whatchoo talkin' 'bout? You done flipped the script!"
by Vita Veritae January 26, 2010
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flip the script

Getting framed for something you didn’t do or somebody who did something and is trying to flip it on you
Laura: Sarah, Layla said that you stole Mark’s pen
Sarah: I did not! It was her all along! There’s no way she’s trying to flip the script on me.
OR
Luke: Yo John, everyone is saying that you vandalized the boys bathroom, even Jude
John: No I didn’t! It was Jude, I saw him with my own 2 eyes
by ThatGirlLaur April 13, 2025
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