TURN STH UPSIDE DOWN

Meaning of TURN STH UPSIDE DOWN in English

to make a place untidy when looking for sth :

The police turned the whole house upside down looking for clues.

to cause large changes and confusion in a person's life :

His sudden death turned her world upside down.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

UPSIDE — I. noun Etymology: 2up + 1side Date: 1927 an upward trend (as of prices), 2. a positive aspect, promise , …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
UPSIDE — I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: up (II) + side 1. : the upper side or part 2. : an upward trend …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation somatotropic hormone
Webster's New International English Dictionary
STH — abbreviation south
Webster's New International English Dictionary
UPSIDE — (n.) The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
Английский словарь Webster
UPSIDE — ( n. ) The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
UPSIDE — /up"suyd'/ , n. 1. the upper side or part. 2. that part of a chart or graph that shows a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
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Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
UPSIDE — n. upper side, top part; positive side
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
UPSIDE — I. ˈəp-ˌsīd noun Etymology: up (II) + side (I) Date: 1927 1. : an upward trend (as of prices) 2. …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
UPSIDE — noun the upper side; the part that is uppermost.
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
UPSIDE — ■ noun 1》 the positive aspect of something. 2》 a rise in share prices. ■ preposition N. Amer. informal against; …
Concise Oxford English vocab
STH — ■ abbreviation south.
Concise Oxford English vocab
UPSIDE — [up.side] n [ [2]up + [1]side] (1927) 1: an upward trend (as of prices) 2: a positive aspect [2]up.side prep …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
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Merriam-Webster English vocab
UPSIDE — upside BrE AmE ˈʌp saɪd ▷ upside|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
UPSIDE — / ˈʌpsaɪd; NAmE / noun [ sing. ] the more positive aspect of a situation that is generally bad OPP …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPSIDE — I. up ‧ side 1 /ˈʌpsaɪd/ BrE AmE noun [singular] especially American English the positive part of a situation that …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
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Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
UPSIDE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES upside down ▪ To get the plant out of the pot, turn it upside down …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UPSIDE — down - having the part which is usually at the top turned to be at the bottomPut the lid on …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
UPSIDE — Slang. On. As in upside your head. Example: I'm gonna hit you upside your head if you say your sister …
Slang English vocab
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
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Longman Activator English vocab
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
TURN — n. 25B6; verb the wheels were still turning : GO ROUND, revolve, rotate, spin, roll, circle, wheel, whirl, gyrate, swivel, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
UPSIDE — positive side, good news If war has an upside, it would be that it's good for the economy.
English Idioms vocab
UPSIDE — positive side, good news If war has an upside, it would be that it's good for the economy.
English Idioms vocabulary
UPSIDE — сущ. верхняя сторона или часть верхняя сторона или часть; поверхность (чего-л.) upside верхняя сторона или часть
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
STH — сокр. [sidetracked hole] скважина с боковым стволом
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
UPSIDE — Верхняя сторона или часть
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
UPSIDE — n верхняя сторона или часть; поверхность ( чего-л. )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь - РУССО
TURN — 1) вираж 2) виражный 3) виток 4) ворочаться 5) вращать 6) вытачивать 7) делаться 8) крутить 9) оборот 10) обтачивать 11) обходить 12) очередь 13) перемена 14) переходить 15) повертывать 16) поворачивать 17) поворот 18) превращать 19) разворот 20) …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
UPSIDE — верхняя сторона или часть
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
UPSIDE — (n) верхняя часть; вершина; поверхность
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