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turn the frown upside down

turn the frown upside down verb: to become or make somebody else happy after being sad.

Verb

turn the frown upside down (third-person singular simple present turns the frown upside down, present participle turning the frown upside down, simple past and past participle turned the frown upside down)

  1. (colloquial) To become or make somebody else happy after being sad.
    • Tricky Nicky always ran around town / She’s the type of girl who'll turn your frown upside-down / Five fucking minutes in the sack and you’ll return with a / Dozen roses and some weed to burn2006, Mike Pinto, “Tricky Nicky”, in Little District

Synonyms of turn the frown upside down

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Forms of turn the frown upside down

third-person singular presentturns the frown upside down
present participleturning the frown upside down
past participleturned the frown upside down
pastturned the frown upside down

Questions about turn the frown upside down

What does turn the frown upside down mean?
Turn the frown upside down means to become or make somebody else happy after being sad.
What part of speech is turn the frown upside down?
Turn the frown upside down is a verb.
What is the past tense of turn the frown upside down?
The past tense of turn the frown upside down is turned the frown upside down.

Words near turn the frown upside down in the dictionary

  1. turn the clock back
  2. turn the clocks back
  3. turn the cold shoulder on someone
  4. turn the corner
  5. turn the dial
  6. turn the frown upside down
  7. turn the knife
  8. turn the knife in the wound
  9. turn the other cheek
  10. turn the other way
  11. turn the page

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