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upsidedown

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upside down

–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)


upside-down, adjective
upside-downness, noun
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