upside down

1. 1
   adverb

   In a position where the top is now at the bottom.

   The bat sleeps hanging upside down from a branch.

   He was holding the map upside down, so we got lost.

   Oppositeupright

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2. 2
   adjective

   Turned over, so its top is at the bottom.

   The picture on this page is upside down.

   He sat on an upside down bucket in the garden.

   Similarinverted, upturned

   Oppositeupright

3. 3
   adverb

   In a way that leaves everything in a big mess.

   My little brother turned my room upside down looking for his toy.

   The new baby turned our whole routine upside down.

   Similartopsy-turvy

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4. 4
   adjective

   Very messy and mixed up, with nothing where it should be.

   The whole house was upside down after the party.

   Since the storm, everything in our town has been upside down.

   Similartopsy-turvy, chaotic, disordered

   Oppositeorderly

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5. 5
   owing too muchadjective

   Owing more money on something you bought than it is now worth.

   Like owing ten dollars for a bike you could only sell for six.

   We are upside down on our car loan, so we can't sell the car yet.

   We bought at the top of the market, and now we are upside down on the house.

   Similarunderwater

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6. 6
   dark mirror worldproper noun · Upside Down

   A dark and scary world where the usual rules are different.

   In the story, the kids find a hidden door into the Upside Down.

   Since the factory closed, our town feels like the Upside Down.

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