basculer
Meanings
Verb
1. to topple, to tip over (intransitive)
2. to sway from side to side (intransitive)
3. to fall apart, to turn upside down (intransitive, figuratively, of a life or situation)
4. to transfer (e.g. a call) (transitive)
5. to tip over, to tip up (transitive)
6. to fail over (intransitive, computing)
Examples4
Nous risquons de basculer dans une spirale infernale de défaitisme.
We risk tilting ourselves into a downward spiral of defeatism.
passer du côté obscur, basculer du côté obscur
to go over to the dark side, to turn to the dark side
On dirait que ces livres vont basculer à tout moment.
Those books look as if they're going to topple over any minute.
passer du côté obscur de la force, basculer du côté obscur de la force
to go over to the dark side of the Force, to switch to the dark side of the Force