coup de pile ou face

Definitions of coup de pile ou face
  1. noun
    the act of flipping a coin
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    type of:
    coup, jet
    casting an object in order to determine an outcome randomly
  2. noun
    an unpredictable phenomenon
    synonyms: coup de chance
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    type of:
    chance, hasard
    an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
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