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upside down

noun

  1. with the top side or part underneath or turned over; inverted
  2. in disorder; topsy-turvy

Etymology: ME up so doun, lit., up as if down: altered by folk etym.

upside down Related Forms
up′side′·-down′ adjective
upside-down Synonyms

upside-down

modif.

topsy-turvy, tangled, bottom-side up, inverted, rear-end foremost, backward, the wrong way, wrong-side uppermost, patas arriba (Spanish), cart-before-the-horse*, heels-over-apple-cart*, head-over-heels*, ass-backward*, bass-ackward*.

Antonyms upright*, right-side up, steady.

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