Up-end

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To turn (something) upside down, to invert (something).

    "We see his shoulders strain as he up-ends the coffin and slides it single-handed from the saw-horses."

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invert

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"We see his shoulders strain as he up-ends the coffin and slides it single-handed from the saw-horses."

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