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turned one's life upside down

turned one's life upside down is the simple past and past participle of turn one's life upside down.

Meaning of turn one's life upside down

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.

Questions about turned one's life upside down

What is turned one's life upside down the simple past and past participle of?
Turned one's life upside down is the simple past and past participle of turn one's life upside down.

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

  1. turned on the waterworks
  2. turned one's back
  3. turned one's coat
  4. turned one's color
  5. turned one's life around
  6. turned one's life upside down
  7. turned one's nose up
  8. turned one's world upside down
  9. turned or burned
  10. turned or burnt
  11. turned out

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