turn upside down
To flip over; to rotate top to bottom.
Turn the box upside down and look at the bottom.
upside
/ˈʌpˌsaɪd/
noun 3prep 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
last, left, many, over, strange, turned
VERB + UPSIDE
book, box, don't, flipped, fly, hold, holding, hung
PREP.
down, in, on, on, with
ADV.
only, then
Definitions
noun
1
The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
2
A favourable aspect of something that also has an unfavourable aspect.
The only upside of being over 35 is that you don't get raped as much.
They said we’d be free of all that tedious European red tape and would take back control of our borders, encouraging anyone agitated by immigration to believe that fewer people would come in. There would be no downside, only upsides.
3
An upward tendency, especially in a financial market etc.
prep
1
On the top of.
Ruth Ann clenched her hand around the hairbrush and felt like smacking Ashley upside the head with it. She knew better than to talk that way.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — the highest or uppermost side of anything
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
fuck someone upside down
To give someone a bad scolding.
Example Bank
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The only upside of being over 35 is that you don't get raped as much.
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They said we’d be free of all that tedious European red tape and would take back control of our borders, encouraging anyone agitated by immigration to believe that fewer people would come in. There wo
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Ruth Ann clenched her hand around the hairbrush and felt like smacking Ashley upside the head with it. She knew better than to talk that way.
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All our things were turned upside down.
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Bob mounted the portrait in a fancy frame, but it was upside down.
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Don't hold it upside down.
Tatoeba · #41850Usage Notes
i Register
In some senses, upside is marked as figuratively, informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.
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