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topple

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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Plain form
topple

Third-person singular
topples

Past tense
toppled

Past participle
toppled

Present participle
toppling

  1. (transitive) If you topple something, you push it over or defeat it.
    Germany toppled Canada in the hockey match.
  2. (intransitive) If something topples, it falls over or it looks like it might fall over.
    The pile of pennies began to topple