inside out
With the inner surface turned out or revealed, as in He wore his shirt inside out. This expression dates from about 1600 and was soon used figuratively, as in He turned the verses inside out and revealed their hidden sense.
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How to use inside out in a sentence
Because I knew the story inside out and I really wanted to put it in paper.
Vampires without Glitter or Girl Problems: Inside Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Strain’ | Andrew Romano | July 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe cartels that have, for the last several years, been devouring Mexico from the inside out have set up shop in Central America.
But somehow Gleeson was able to turn Joffrey inside out—to make him transparent.
Game of Thrones’ ‘The Lion and the Rose’: Joffrey’s Demented, Shocking Royal Wedding | Andrew Romano | April 14, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen we can start healing ourselves—and the American health care system—this time, from the inside out.
New Research Shows Poorly Understood “Leaky Gut Syndrome” Is Real, May Be the Cause of Several Diseases | Daniela Drake | March 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“These photographs are from the inside out,” Reggio explains.
On this instrument the stockings are turned "inside out" by slipping the article over the post, then quickly "undressing" it.
Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist | Alexander BerkmanAnd with a look of despair he turned his pockets inside out, and leant back in his chair.
Digby Heathcote | W.H.G. KingstonI turned my pockets inside out, and then, satisfied that I had no more, he left me.
He rummaged his pockets and turned his hat inside out, but all in vain; there was not even a kreutzer!
Laboulaye's Fairy Book | VariousTo him it seemed good, the only good thing he had laid hold of since the war had turned his world upside down and inside out.
The Hidden Places | Bertrand W. Sinclair
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