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upside down

adv.
1. So that the upper or right side is down: turned upside down.
2. In great disorder.
3. Being or holding an asset that is worth less than its purchase price or the debt owed on it.
[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′ adj.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.upside-down - being in such a position that top and bottom are reversedupside-down - being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed; "a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma"; "an upside-down cake"
inverted
turned - moved around an axis or center
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upside-down

adjective
1. Turned over completely:
capsized, inverted, overturned, upset, upturned.
2. Characterized by physical confusion:
chaotic, confused, disordered, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, topsy-turvy.
Informal: mixed-up.
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Translations

upside-down

[ˈʌpsaɪdˈdaʊn]
A. ADV → al revés; (= untidily) → patas arriba
to turn sth upside-down → volver algo al revés (fig) → revolverlo todo
we turned everything upside-down looking for it → al buscarlo lo revolvimos todo, en la búsqueda lo registramos todo de arriba abajo
B. ADJ → al revés
to be upside-down → estar al revés
the room was upside-down → reinaba el desorden en el cuarto, en el cuarto todo estaba patas arriba
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upside-down

adj
in an upside-down position → verkehrt herum; to be upside-down (picture) → verkehrt herum hängen, auf dem Kopf stehen; (world) → kopfstehen; an upside-down map of Britain → eine auf dem Kopf stehende Karte Großbritanniens; a pineapple upside-down cake → ein versunkener Ananaskuchen
(fig, = bizarre) the weather is completely upside-down → das Wetter spielt völlig verrückt (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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