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turn upside down — turn (something) upside down informal : to make (something) very untidy I turned the room upside down looking for my car keys. The house was turned upside down while the renovations were under way. often used figuratively His whole world was… … Useful english dictionary
turn upside down — turn (something) upside down to change something completely. His experience in the war turned his world upside down. The crash of the dot com companies turned lives upside down. Related vocabulary: turn something on its head … New idioms dictionary
turn upside down — verb a) To flip over; to rotate top to bottom Turn the box upside down and look at the bottom. b) To thoroughly examine. They turned the house upside down looking for the car keys … Wiktionary
To turn upside down — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
turn upside down — Synonyms and related words: accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, ameliorate, better, break up, capsize, careen, change, comb, convert, culbuter, deform, denature, diversify, evert, fit, improve, introvert, intussuscept, invaginate, inverse, invert … Moby Thesaurus
turn upside down — cause disorder; invert, turn over … English contemporary dictionary
upside down — upside down1 adv [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: up so down up as if down (14 16 centuries)] 1.) with the top at the bottom and the bottom at the top ▪ To get the plant out of the pot, turn it upside down and give it a gentle knock. 2.) turn sth upside … Dictionary of contemporary English
upside down — adverb * with the top part at the bottom or lower than the bottom part: The car landed upside down in a ditch. turn someone s life/world upside down to change someone s life completely, often in a way that is shocking or upsetting: My world has… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
turn something upside down — turn (something) upside down to change something completely. His experience in the war turned his world upside down. The crash of the dot com companies turned lives upside down. Related vocabulary: turn something on its head … New idioms dictionary
turn someone's life upside down — turn someone’s life/world/upside down phrase to change someone’s life completely, often in a way that is shocking or upsetting My world has been turned upside down by this disease. Thesaurus: to have an effect on someone s emotions or… … Useful english dictionary
