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upside down

 
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–noun
1. with the upper part undermost.
2. in or into complete disorder; topsy-turvy: The burglars turned the house upside down.
Origin:
1300–50; re-formation (see upside ) of ME upsedoun, earlier up so doun (see up, so 1 , down 1 ; sense of so obscure)

Related forms:
upside-down, adjective
upside-downness, noun
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upside down  
adv.  

  1. So that the upper or right side is down: turned upside down.

  2. In great disorder.


[Alteration of Middle English up so doun, up as if down : up, up; see up + so, as if; see so1 + doun, down; see down1.]
up'side-down' (ŭp'sīd-doun') adj.
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Word Origin & History

upside down 
c.1490, earlier upsadoun (1382), up so down (c.1300); the so perhaps meaning "as if."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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