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upside1 nounupside2 preposition upsideupside2 preposition ► upside the head/face etc- He needed a slap upside the head.
► turn something upside down- A distorted religion has turned the world upside down, denying that anything ever existed before itself.
- I turn the box upside down and bring it out empty.
- The girl was turning everything upside down.
- The history of implants has been equally painful; implants can shift or turn themselves upside down.
- They studied the map for a while, scratched their heads, turned it upside down and studied it some more.
- We could turn the glass upside down and sideways without having the water pour out because air pressure pushes in all directions.
- Yet with an appealing brew of nationalism and promise of democratic reform, Kostunica has since turned Yugoslav politics upside down.
upside the head/face etc American English informal on the side of someone’s head etc |