turn on its head
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The crisis turned the formulas that had seemed to work on their head."
- "The global economic crisis has managed to turn stock exchanges worldwide on their head."
- "Germany regeared for the second half: same shape, more control. Mexico had lost some of their vim. And before long the game had turned on its head, with Germany able to keep the ball now, Kroos hitting his range, and Mexico less adept at seizing possession, unable to spring forward with such gusto."
- "The tie turned on its head just before the hour when Gallagher picked up his second yellow card of the night following a reckless lunge on Ethan Britto and this time referee Fahndrich angered the home supporters by producing red."