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Upside down
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- 1 Inverted; turned so that the top is at the bottom. not-comparable
"The pattern resembled an upside down letter W."
- 2 In great disorder. not-comparable
"The wenches and the men have been on the streets all day, and the kitchen is upside down. You never saw the like."
- 3 Owing more money for something than it is worth; having negative equity. not-comparable
"He's upside down on his mortgage."
- 1 Inverted, so that the top is now at the bottom. not-comparable
"The Union flag was flying upside down, a sign of danger."
- 2 In great disorder. not-comparable
"The thief had turned the room upside down."
- 1 in an inverted manner wordnet
- 1 Alternative form of Upside Down. alt-of, alternative
"It is in the upside down where we can find many opportunities to grow and learn."
- 2 A dark and horrifying reality where the rules are different
"This Upside Down economy was the product"
Etymology
Alteration of earlier up so down, from Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne (“upside down”), equivalent to up + so + down ("up as down").
Alteration of earlier up so down, from Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne (“upside down”), equivalent to up + so + down ("up as down").
Alteration of earlier up so down, from Middle English up-so-doun, upsedowne, upsadowne (“upside down”), equivalent to up + so + down ("up as down").
Coined by Stranger Things.
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