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turned upside down

turned upside down is the simple past and past participle of turn upside down.

Meaning of turn upside down

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To flip over; to rotate top to bottom.
    • Turn the box upside down and look at the bottom.
    Synonyms:
    flip over, turn over
  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

Questions about turned upside down

What is turned upside down the simple past and past participle of?
Turned upside down is the simple past and past participle of turn upside down.

Words near turned upside down in the dictionary

  1. turned up one's toes
  2. turned up the heat
  3. turned up the volume on
  4. turned up trumps
  5. turned upon
  6. turned upside down
  7. turned v
  8. turnedst
  9. turnep
  10. turneps
  11. turner

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