upside : Idioms & Phrases

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To be upsides with

  • to be even with. Prov. Eng. & Scot. Sir W. Scott. T. Hughes.
Webster 1913

To turn upside down

  • to confuse by putting things awry; to throw into disorder.
    This house is turned upside down since Robin Ostler died. Shak.
Webster 1913

Upside down

  • adverb in an inverted manner
    • the box was lying on the floor upside down
WordNet
  • . Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down, literally, up as down. With the upper part undermost; hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy.
Webster 1913

upside-down

  • adjective satellite being in such a position that top and bottom are reversed
    inverted.
    • a quotation mark is sometimes called an inverted comma
    • an upside-down cake
WordNet

upside-down cake

  • noun batter baked atop a layer of sweetened fruit then turned upside down so fruit is on top
    skillet cake.
WordNet