UPSIDE DOWN


Meaning of UPSIDE DOWN in English

adverb

Etymology: by folk etymology from earlier up so down, upsedown, from Middle English up so doun, upsedoun, from up + so + doun down

1. : in such a way that the upper and the lower parts are reversed in position

turned the table upside down

2. : in or into a state of great disorder

turned the world upside down — Dorothy Witton

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.