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Revolution's job interview: fire the boss, hope the replacement isn't worse.
means To forcibly remove a government, ruler, or system of power from its position.
from A straightforward Old English compound: 'over' plus 'throw,' meaning literally to throw or cast something down from above. The physical, almost violent image—hurling something from a height—was already in use by Middle English for defeating or ruining someone, and later narrowed into its political sense of toppling those in power.
- success rate
- most coups fail within the first week
- etymology
- literally means to throw over, violently
- baseball sense
- also just an overthrown ball, far less dramatic
- pattern
- usually needs the military's blessing to work