UPSIDE DOWN


Meaning of UPSIDE DOWN in English

adverb

in or into a position in which the top of sth is where the bottom is normally found and the bottom is where the top is normally found :

The canoe floated upside down on the lake.

OPP right side up

►  ˌupside ˈdown adjective [ not usually before noun ]:

The painting looks like it's upside down to me.

IDIOMS

- turn sth upside down

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : originally up so down , perhaps in the sense up as if down .

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