The phrase "flip the question" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to turn an answer someone gave to a question back into a question for them. Example: Q: Do you want to go to the store? A: No, do you? In this example, the person is "flipping the question" by turning it back to the original speaker.
"Let me flip the question," says Mr. Shaw, who is black, to his interviewer, who is white.
Meanwhile, some scientists were questioning what they viewed as a default assumption that one must prove that a given storm is influenced by climate change — seeking to flip the question and, instead, suggest that all storms today are so influenced.
Tankersley: Let's flip the question, then: If you changed nothing else about the Trump campaign, but you gave him the Clinton field/data operation, how much better would his chances to win look right now? Issenberg: I'm sure he could squeeze more votes out of his coalition, but there's also less room to gain.
His response, when he is asked about his drinking, is to flip the question and ask the senators how they like their alcohol; his refusal to say whether he would coöperate with an F.B.I. investigation brings to mind a teen-ager stonewalling his parents.
(Yes, I know: We didn't flip the question and decide if he was worthy of her. That's a job for her friends).
It is hard for me to believe the government would let J.P. Morgan or Goldman Sachs go under if they faced bankruptcy, but let's flip the question around.
Asked whether he was concerned that his speech might rupture the Republican Party, Mr. McCain flipped the question around toward Mr. Robertson and Mr. Falwell.
This year, near the end of one of the lectures, one of my brightest students raised her hand and flipped the question around.
Pincus flips the question, offers advice to VCs: When you find an entrepreneur or deal that you like, be faster velocity and lower friction.
