right-side up

[rahyt-sahyd]

adverb

1. with the top or correct side facing up.

   turn the carton right-side up;

   a right-side up image.

Word History and Origins

Origin of right-side up¹

First recorded in 1810–20

Idioms and Phrases

With the top facing upward, as in Please keep the box holding the china right-side up, or He turned his cards right-side up. [Early 1500s]

Related Words

• erect 
• perpendicular 
• vertical