flip for

flip for (someone or something)

1. To flip a coin in order to make a choice or determine an outcome. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "flip" and "for." Come on, we'll flip for it. Heads, I get the front seat—tails, you get it. Only one of us can ride up front, so I'll flip you for it.
2. To respond very excitedly to someone or something. The kids will definitely flip for the toys you got them.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

flip someone for something

to flip [a coin] with someone to determine the posession of something or the right to do something. Maybe it's yours; maybe it's mine. I'll flip you for it.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

flip for

v.
1. To determine who gets to have something or do something by flipping a coin: Both of us wanted the last slice of pie, so we flipped for it.
2. To react enthusiastically or passionately to someone or something: I flipped for the new bartender. Sunbathers will flip for these new stylish swimsuits.
See also: flip
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • flip for (someone or something)
  • turn over
  • toss for
  • toss for (something)
  • flip on
  • flip one's lid, to
  • flip a coin
  • flip someone off
  • flip off
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Such texts include the script ideas that Flip and Gunther abandon in their quest for Hollywood success.[4] The story opens with Gunther, who is "the shrimplike color of new Play-Doh," pumping Flip for script information: "the sci-fi one with the giant radioactive crayfish and the girl scientist who understands them" (184-5).
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