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upside down

adverb, adjective
 
 

Definition

B2 having the part that is usually at the top turned to be at the bottom: Turn the jar upside down and shake it. The plane was flying upside down at high speed.Turning upside down
(Definition of upside down adverbadjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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