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turn upside down en · VERB

Meanings

1. (intransitive, transitive) To flip over; to rotate top to bottom.
   • Turn the box upside down and look at the bottom.
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To thoroughly examine.
   • They turned the house upside down looking for the car keys.
3. (idiomatic, transitive) To alter (something) significantly, often in a negative way.
   • Rio Ferdinand will almost certainly miss out on Euro 2004, and possibly much more, because of the missed drug test which has turned his life upside down. 2003 October 30, Daniel Taylor, “Ferdinand may miss Euro 2004”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Synonyms

flip over · turn over

Translations (28)

fi kääntää ylösalaisin (to thoroughly examine) · zdj ukausa (to rotate top to bottom) · hu tűvé tesz (to thoroughly examine) · es trabucar (to alter significantly, often in a negative way) · pl odwracać do góry nogami (to rotate top to bottom) · hu felfordít (to rotate top to bottom) · ar جَعَلَ عَالِيَ الشَّيْءِ سَافِلَهُ (to rotate top to bottom) · es trabucar (to rotate top to bottom) · pl odwrócić do góry nogami (to rotate top to bottom) · hu felforgat (to thoroughly examine) · pl przeczesywać (to thoroughly examine) · gl envorcar (to rotate top to bottom) · hu felforgat (to alter significantly, often in a negative way) · hu feje tetejére állít (to alter significantly, often in a negative way) · de umdrehen (to rotate top to bottom) · pl wywrócić do góry nogami (to alter significantly, often in a negative way) · ko 엎다 (to rotate top to bottom) · ko 뒤집어엎다 (to rotate top to bottom) · fr renverser (to rotate top to bottom) · la invertō (to rotate top to bottom) · es dar la vuelta (to rotate top to bottom) · es voltear (to rotate top to bottom) · pl wywracać do góry nogami (to alter significantly, often in a negative way) · es girar (to rotate top to bottom) · ar كَفَأَ (to rotate top to bottom) · gl voltear (to rotate top to bottom) · ar قَلَبَ (to rotate top to bottom) · pl przeczesać (to thoroughly examine)