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Definition of flip-flop verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

flip-flop

verb

[intransitive] flip-flop (on something) (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they flip-flop

he / she / it flip-flops

past simple flip-flopped

-ing form flip-flopping

to change your opinion about something, especially when you then hold the opposite opinion The vice president was accused of flip-flopping on several major issues.

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