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upside-down

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upside down
adv.
1. So that the upper or right side is down: turned upside down.
2. In great disorder.
[Alteration of Middle English up so doun, up as if down : up, up; see up + so, as if; see so1 + doun, down; see down1.]
upside-down (psd-doun) adj.
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Adj.1.upside-downupside-down - being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake"
inverted
turned - moved around an axis or center
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upside-down [ˈʌpsaɪdˈdaun] adv → al revés
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