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turn one's life upside down

turn one's life upside down verb: to completely disrupt one's life.

Verb

turn one's life upside down (third-person singular simple present turns one's life upside down, present participle turning one's life upside down, simple past and past participle turned one's life upside down)

  1. (figuratively) To completely disrupt one's life.

Forms of turn one's life upside down

third-person singular presentturns one's life upside down
present participleturning one's life upside down
past participleturned one's life upside down
pastturned one's life upside down
alternative formturn one's world upside down

Questions about turn one's life upside down

What does turn one's life upside down mean?
Turn one's life upside down means to completely disrupt one's life.
What part of speech is turn one's life upside down?
Turn one's life upside down is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn one's life upside down?
The past tense of turn one's life upside down is turned one's life upside down.

Words near turn one's life upside down in the dictionary

  1. turn one's back
  2. turn one's coat
  3. turn one's color
  4. turn one's hand to
  5. turn one's life around
  6. turn one's life upside down
  7. turn one's nose up
  8. turn one's world upside down
  9. turn or burn
  10. turn out
  11. turn over

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