PITCHPOLE Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

pitchpole

verb

Definition of pitchpole

as in to tump (over)

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The guy who tried to overthrow Colum and take Clan MacKenzie for himself until Ellen went all Die Hard and killed him and his men?

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026
In the days before Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was gunned down inside his second-floor bedroom, tensions were mounting in South Florida among the men involved in the plot to overthrow him.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of overthrow

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Then, SpaceX’s June offering toppled that statistic, raising more than $85 billion (registration required), including the greenshoe, underscoring the scale of investor demand.

— Jeff Jacobs, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
The 2024 trophy was held by Freddie Freeman, whose grand slam toppled the New York Yankees.

— Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of topple

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At Lacoste, the classic crocodile logo was inverted on polos, while Gucci’s Demna and Dries Van Noten’s Julian Klausner gave rugbys a bougie Euro spin.

— Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
But, under the guise of this routine procedure, an extraordinary mechanism has been launched, which has completely inverted the structure of voter registration in India, and disenfranchised millions of voters.

— Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of invert

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California is among the states that successfully sued, in part by arguing that turning over the data would violate state privacy laws.

— SAFIYAH RIDDLE, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026
Police in Norfolk confirmed that the man has died and that their local investigation was turned over to the Huron County Sheriff's Office.

— DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of turn over

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