Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

turn upside down

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.98 in modern English

Syllables: turn up-side -down
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To flip over; to rotate top to bottom.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

verb

To thoroughly examine.

Transitive verb

verb

To alter (something) significantly, often in a negative way.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"Turn the box upside down and look at the bottom."
"They turned the house upside down looking for the car keys."
"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

turns upside down (present, singular) turning upside down (participle, present) turned upside down (participle, past) turned upside down (past) turn upside-down (alternative)

Synonyms

flip over turn over

Questions

What does turn upside down mean?: To flip over; to rotate top to bottom.

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