http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-topple/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:28:21 -0500 hourly 1 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-topple/comment-page-1/#comment-188553 Brad K. Fri, 02 Oct 2009 04:14:20 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3310#comment-188553 I hate it when my cat Spot climbs on the mantle. While watching TV last night I was treated to a command peformance. I got to watch a new vase topple from the mantle. Thanks, Spot. I hate it when my cat Spot climbs on the mantle. While watching TV last night I was treated to a command peformance. I got to watch a new vase topple from the mantle. Thanks, Spot.

]]> http://www.dailywritingtips.com/word-of-the-day-topple/comment-page-1/#comment-188341 Michael Batey Thu, 01 Oct 2009 16:01:05 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=3310#comment-188341 Those two examples show the active and passive uses of the first sense ('throw down or overthrow'), rather than the transitive and intransitive uses that you describe up front. An intransitive use would be something like 'after weeks of protest, the government finally toppled'. Those two examples show the active and passive uses of the first sense (’throw down or overthrow’), rather than the transitive and intransitive uses that you describe up front. An intransitive use would be something like ‘after weeks of protest, the government finally toppled’.

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