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turn one's life upside down

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English

Syllables
turn one's life up-side -down
IPA
32
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
3
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To completely disrupt one's life.

Inflected Forms

turns one's life upside down (present, singular) turning one's life upside down (participle, present) turned one's life upside down (participle, past) turned one's life upside down (past) turn one's world upside down (alternative)

Phrases

turn upside down

Frequently Paired Words

turn upside down

Questions

What does turn one's life upside down mean?
To completely disrupt one's life.

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