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upend
[ uhp-end ]
verb (used with object)
- to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
- to affect drastically or radically, as tastes, opinions, reputations, or systems.
- to defeat in competition, as in boxing or business.
verb (used without object)
- to become upended.
- to place the body back-end up, as a dabbling duck.
upend
/ ʌˈɛԻ /
verb
- to turn or set or become turned or set on end
- tr to affect or upset drastically
Example Sentences
There is the internet revolution upending business models and working patterns, inventing social media and concentrating vast wealth and influence among a clutch of global behemoths like Apple, Meta, Amazon and X.
The lawsuit says the order would upend “processes that accommodate more voters, decrease obstacles, and increase voter participation.”
Still, Lurie said, San Francisco has to upend the status quo even as it expands capacity for treatment and interim housing.
The tariffs will have a sweeping impact on an industry that runs deep into the economy, upending the supply chains of businesses that consumers heavily depend on, economists said.
The narrator is an actor worried about her faltering play; a lunch with a much younger man upends her world.
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