From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtip over phrasal verbif you tip something over, or if it tips over, it falls or turns over The candle tipped over and the hay caught fire.tip something ↔ over The current was starting to tip the canoe over and I began to panic. → tip→ See Verb table
Examples from the Corpus
tip over• I sat on the edge of the table, and the whole thing tipped over.• The cat managed to tip the Christmas tree over.• He accidentally tipped over a candle, and the tablecloth caught fire.• The fire started when a lamp tipped over and ignited a cloth sofa. 