UPSIDE DOWN


Meaning of UPSIDE DOWN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌpsaɪd daʊn ]

also upside-down

1.

If something has been moved upside down , it has been turned round so that the part that is usually lowest is above the part that is usually highest.

The painting was hung upside down...

Salter held the bag by the corners and shook it upside down.

ADV : ADV after v , n ADV

Upside down is also an adjective.

His eyes were open and everything he saw was upside down...

Tony had an upside-down map of Britain on his wall.

ADJ

2.

to turn something upside down: see turn

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