flip side
noun/ˈflɪp saɪd/
/ˈflɪp saɪd/
[usually singular]- flip side (of/to something) different and less welcome aspects of an idea, argument or action
- It was only after they were married that she began to see the flip side of the fairy tale.
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- (old-fashioned) the side of a record that does not have the main song or piece of music on itTopics Musicc2
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