upside down

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adverb

with the upper part undermost.

in or into complete disorder; topsy-turvy: The burglars turned the house upside down.

Origin of upside down

1300–50; re-formation (see upside) of Middle English upsedoun, earlier up so doun (see up, so¹, down¹; sense of so obscure)

OTHER WORDS FROM upside down

up·side-down, adjective up·side-down·ness, noun

Words nearby upside down

upsetting lever, upsetting moment, upshift, upshot, upside, upside down, upside the head, upside-down cake, upsides, upsilon, upsilon particle

Example sentences from the Web for upside down

Viewed in profile, they are upside-down mid-section silhouettes of Pippa Middleton leaning over to check your oil.

Up to a Point: A 'Space Corvette' in Every Garage |P. J. O’Rourke |September 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
We sent Danielle back to college and assigned a mentor to help her navigate her upside-down relationship with her mother.

Mothers Who Drag Their Daughters Down |Soledad O'Brien |March 11, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Manolo Blahnik, Homeland Fan: Seems like Manolo Blahnik is a fan of upside-down frowns.

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In what upside-down town is the right to freedom of the press—and the right to assemble—considered a technicality?

I Was Arrested at Occupy Bronx—for Writing About It |Carla Murphy |December 10, 2011 |DAILY BEAST

California's upside-down transition reflects the very different personalities and political needs of these two peculiar men.

Arnold, Out Like a Lion |Joe Mathews |January 1, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Behind him was a boat, upside-down, which seemed just on the point of sinking out of sight.

What Might Have Been Expected |Frank R. Stockton
She was staring at a drawing of a fetus lying in a sort of upside-down Yoga position inside a cross-sectioned woman's body.

Special Delivery |Damon Francis Knight
But he went further, and proved her wrong—that is so far as the upside-down of it was concerned.

The Rich Little Poor Boy |Eleanor Gates
I feel like Alice in Wonderland or some other upside-down world.

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How upside-down and wrong-way-round a long life sees things grow.

Lysistrata |Aristophanes

British Dictionary definitions for upside down

upside down

adjective

(usually postpositive; upside-down when prenominal) turned over completely; inverted

(upside-down when prenominal) informal confused; muddled; topsy-turvy an upside-down world

adverb

in an inverted fashion

in a chaotic or crazy manner

Derived forms of upside down

upside-downness, noun

Word Origin for upside down

C16: variant, by folk etymology, of earlier upsodown

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