put the bottom rail on top

Verb

Meaning

put the bottom rail on top (third-person singular simple present puts the bottom rail on top, present participle putting the bottom rail on top, simple past and past participle put the bottom rail on top)

(idiomatic) To reverse a hierarchy.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Close letter words and terms

put the bite on put the blame on put the boot in put the brakes on put the brakes on something put the cabosh on