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Definition of upside down adverb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

  

upside down

 adverbadverb   jump to other results
  •  in or into a position in which the top of something is where the bottom is normally found and the bottom is where the top is normally found The canoe floated upside down on the lake. opposite right side up

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    • Idioms
      turn something upside down jump to other results
    1. 1to make a place messy when looking for something The police turned the whole house upside down looking for clues.
    2. 2to cause large changes and confusion in a person's life His sudden death turned her world upside down.
    upside down adjective [not usually before noun] jump to other results The painting looks like it's upside down to me.See upside down in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: upside down

    Nearby words

    • upside noun
    • upside preposition
    • upside down adverb
    • upsilon noun
    • upstage adverb

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