turn upside down

Verb

Meaning

(transitive, intransitive) To flip over; to rotate top to bottom.
Turn the box upside down and look at the bottom.
Synonyms: flip over, turn over

(transitive, idiomatic) To thoroughly examine.
They turned the house upside down looking for the car keys.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Alternative names

turn upside-down

Synonyms

comb rummage reverse upset forage overturn transpose invert scour capsizing inverted reversing capsize ransack revolutionise

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Examples

But even if the whole world were to turn upside down, Fatulla could not agree to his wife's selling grape leaves in order to buy a present for the circumcision party of his grandchild. Source: Internet

Re: Ghana will turn upside down if Anas fails to r For the first time I want to insult all those who are against Kennedy Agyepong. Source: Internet

Re: Ghana will turn upside down if Anas fails to r My friend Ghana is not yours. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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