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upside down1 adverbupside down2 adjective upside downˌupside ˈdown1 ●●○ adverb   upside down1Origin: 1400-1500 up so down ‘up as if down’ (14-16 centuries) - You're holding the book upside down.
- At this gesture, the three Ntibians came over, seized his legs and held him upside down.
- Does it matter if we plant the seeds upside down?
- Had early explorers come from the southern hemisphere, would our maps appear upside down?
- I saw crates of equipment piled upside down, or rusting from neglect.
- In desperation I held him upside down by his ankles and shook him.
- In the next instant, he flipped and dropped down the passage upside down.
- Jack kept his arm at his side, pistol down, watching the cat squeal and squirm upside down on the fork.
to search a place to try to find someone or something► search · At the site, rescue workers have been searching systematically in the hope of finding more survivors.search a place/area etc · Police have searched the area near his home, but have so far found nothing.search (a place) for · Local people are still searching woods near the victim's home for any clues to help find her killer. ► scour to search an area very carefully and thoroughly, looking for something that is very important: scour a place for: · A team of detectives is scouring the area for the murder weapon.· Developers are scouring the country for possible sites for these new superstores. ► comb to thoroughly examine a large area in great detail, especially by moving across it, looking for something or someone that is difficult to find: · Police and volunteers are combing the countryside in the hope of finding the missing boy.· Rescuers combed the hillsides but found no trace of the missing climbers.comb a place for: · The children combed the shoreline for shells. ► drag a river/pond etc to search for something in a river, lake etc by pulling a heavy net along the bottom: · The murder weapon, a kitchen knife, was found when police dragged a nearby pond. ► ransack to search a room, house, cupboard etc very thoroughly and roughly in order to find things or steal things, usually causing a lot of untidiness or damage: · Thieves broke in and ransacked the house.· The newspaper's offices were ransacked by members of the secret police. ► raid if the police raid a place, they arrive there suddenly to look for criminals, drugs, or stolen goods: · The Casino nightclub has been closed since it was raided last month.· Police officers raided a house in North London last night, and found substantial quantities of illegal drugs. ► turn somewhere inside out/upside down to search a house, a room etc very thoroughly, often making it very untidy: · We turned all the cupboards inside out but couldn't find the letters.· I turned the house upside down looking for my birth certificate. in the wrong position► wrong · Someone had moved the road sign so it was pointing in the wrong direction.· You're heading in the wrong direction for the city centre.· The files had been put back in the wrong order. ► the wrong way around also the wrong way round British if something is the wrong way around , it is pointing in the opposite direction to the one it should be pointing in: · Tom often writes 'b' and 'd' the wrong way round.· That hat looks a bit strange -- have you got it on the wrong way around?· The torch won't work if you put the batteries in the wrong way round. ► back to front British also backwards British, /backward American if something, especially a piece of clothing, is back to front , the back of it is where the front should be: · You've got your sweater on back to front.· Dan appeared in jeans, wearing his cap backward as usual. ► inside out if something, especially a piece of clothing, is inside out , the inside of it is on the outside and the outside of it is on the inside: · I put my socks on inside out by mistake.· The wind was so strong, it blew her umbrella inside out.turn something inside out: · I turned the jeans inside out to repair the hem. ► upside down if something is upside down , the top of it is at the bottom and the bottom of it is at the top: · You're holding the picture upside down.· The monkey was hanging upside down from a tree.turn something upside down: · Turn the cups upside down and leave them to dry. ► 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.
1with the top at the bottom and the bottom at the top:  To get the plant out of the pot, turn it upside down and give it a gentle knock.2turn something upside down a)to make a place very untidy when you are looking for something: The burglars have turned our house upside down. b)to cause a lot of change and confusion in a situation or in someone’s life: the story of a young girl whose life was turned upside down |