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turn upside down
Idioms and Phrases
Put in disorder, mix or mess up, as in He turned the whole house upside down looking for his checkbook . This metaphoric phrase transfers literally inverting something so that the upper part becomes the lower (or vice versa) to throwing into disorder or confusion. [First half of 1800s]Example Sentences
When done turn upside down and when cool it will either drop out or it may be easily removed from the pan with a knife.
When the jelly is perfectly congealed and firm, place a dish over the mould, turn upside down, and remove it.
As soon as cold, place a dish on the mould, turn upside down, and remove the mould.
The 'urn by the Adriatic' (which all the French know how to turn upside down) fixes the reference to Shelley—does it not?
And there must also be an ocean between northern Europe and northern Asia, else the world would be top-heavy and turn upside down.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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