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up so down

up so down is the obsolete form of upside down.

Meaning of upside down

Adverb

upside down (not comparable)

  1. Inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom.
    • The Union flag was flying upside down, a sign of danger.
    Antonyms:
    right side up
  2. In great disorder.
    • The thief had turned the room upside down.

See all 7 meanings of upside down

Origin of up so down

From Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne (“upside down”); equivalent to up + so + down, literally “up as down”.

Questions about up so down

What is up so down the obsolete form of?
Up so down is the obsolete form of upside down.

Words near up so down in the dictionary

  1. up rounds
  2. up shit creek
  3. up shit creek without a paddle
  4. up shit's creek
  5. up shit's creek without a paddle
  6. up so down
  7. up someone's alley
  8. up someone's ass
  9. up someone's strasse
  10. up someone's street
  11. up spirits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: up so down (page history and authors); upside down (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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