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up⋅end

  [uhp-end]
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–verb (used with object)
1. to set on end, as a barrel or ship.
2. to affect drastically or radically, as tastes, opinions, reputations, or systems.
3. to defeat in competition, as in boxing or business.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become upended.
5. to place the body back-end up, as a dabbling duck.
Origin:
1815–25; up- + end 1
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up·end   (ŭp-ěnd')   
v.   up·end·ed, up·end·ing, up·ends

v.   tr.

  1. To stand, set, or turn on one end: upend an oblong box.

  2. To invalidate, destroy, or change completely; overthrow: upended a popular legend.

  3. To win victory over; defeat.

v.   intr.
To be upended.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Word Origin & History

upend  (v.)
1823, from up + end.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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