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stand sth on its head
Definition
› to cause something such as an established belief to be doubted, especially because of new information or discoveries: New data has stood the traditional explanation of the island's origin on its head.Denying and contradicting
(Definition of stand sth on its head from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- answer (sb) back phrasal verb
- apparently adverb
- change your tune idiom
- contradict verb
- contradiction noun
- contradictory adjective
- defensive adjective
- deniable adjective
- denial noun (NOT ALLOW)
- denial noun (NOT TRUE)
- disabuse verb
- dispute verb
- fly in the face of sth idiom
- I'm a Dutchman idiom
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- make (a) nonsense of sth idiom
- oxymoron noun
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