verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
overthrow/topple a regime (= remove it from power )
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In 1979, Tanzanian forces overthrew the regime of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
off
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To Republican fury, he has refused to topple off his wire.
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In reality, the chances of Blondin toppling off the rope were about a thousand to one.
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The truck had toppled off the roof just when he was walking underneath it.
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Dougal cried out in surprise: he jerked away; his glass toppled off the table and shattered.
over
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He slammed his hand down on the top of the dressing table, causing some of the bottles to topple over .
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I slowly toppled over in front of 2, 000 people.
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I got such a shock that I toppled over sideways, ending up chest deep in freezing water.
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Many of the 200-year-old trees were toppling over with age.
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Windsor, 49, of Mid Glamorgan, was trapped inside the jeep as it toppled over and kept on rolling.
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Now he toppled over backward with the weapon stuck upright in his throat.
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The chair had toppled over with Donald still attached.
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You stand frozen in your tracks, a little blood leaks out your mouth, and you topple over in the snow.
■ NOUN
government
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He and his supporters stormed parliament in May and toppled the elected government .
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Despite their gains of recent weeks, opposition leaders acknowledge that they have little chance of toppling the Khartoum government by force.
regime
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But it is pretty useless when it comes to toppling dodgy regimes .
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Kozyrev, who brought with him a cargo of food and medicine, congratulated mujaheddin leaders on toppling the Najibullah regime .
■ VERB
come
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But it is pretty useless when it comes to toppling dodgy regimes.
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The wheelbarrow had been stuck, almost to the axle, but when it came free I toppled with it.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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High winds toppled several telephone poles.
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Political corruption threatens to topple the regime.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Boris Yeltsin and his team wanted to privatize land after toppling the Soviet system.
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Clinging to each other, Melanie laughing, they toppled in slow motion to the floor.
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It was time to topple an elite team.
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They may indeed topple it, but not in the way he anticipated.
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Without that first layer of bricks, the whole thing topples.