upside down

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up·side down • adv. & adj. with the upper part where the lower part should be; in an inverted position: [as adv.] the bar staff put the chairs upside down on the tables | [as adj.] an upside-down canoe. ∎  in or into total disorder or confusion: [as adv.] burglars have turned our house upside down.

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