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upside down

adverb

  1. with the upper part undermost.
  2. in or into complete disorder; topsy-turvy:

    The burglars turned the house upside down.



upside down

adjective

  1. usually postpositive; upside-down when prenominal turned over completely; inverted
  2. informal.
    upside-down when prenominal confused; muddled; topsy-turvy

    an upside-down world

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adverb

  1. in an inverted fashion
  2. in a chaotic or crazy manner
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌܱ-ˈǷɲԲԱ, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܱs-Ƿɲ adjective
  • ܱs-Ƿɲness noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of upside down1

1300–50; re-formation ( upside ) of Middle English upsedoun, earlier up so doun ( up, so 1, down 1; sense of so obscure)
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of upside down1

C16: variant, by folk etymology, of earlier upsodown
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On the other hand, in the eyes of some Trump supporters, the world was upside down until he flipped it around.

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The 21-year-old recorded how her family's life was turned upside down by her mother's death, on one of several phones the BBC World Service managed to get to people trapped in the crossfire in el-Fasher.

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And what had thus far been a happy childhood was turned upside down.

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"When a baby is born premature or sick and needs hospital care after they are born a family's life is turned upside down," she said.

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Then they heard a peculiar sound on the trail and their whole trip was turned upside down.

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