Turn+upside+down

  • 111o´ver|turn´er — o|ver|turn «verb. OH vuhr TURN noun. OH vuhr TURN», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to turn upside down; upset: »The cat overturned the vase of flowers. SYNONYM(S): invert. 2. Figurative. to make fall down; overthrow; destroy the power of; defeat: »The… …

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  • 112o|ver|turn — «verb. OH vuhr TURN noun. OH vuhr TURN», verb, noun. –v.t. 1. to turn upside down; upset: »The cat overturned the vase of flowers. SYNONYM(S): invert. 2. Figurative. to make fall down; overthrow; destroy the power of; defeat: »The rebels… …

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  • 113shake down — (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb l. Slang. To obtain by coercion or intimidation: exact, extort, squeeze, wrench, wrest, wring. See GET. 2. Slang. To make a thorough search of: comb, forage, ransack, rummage, scour2. Idioms: beat the bushes, leave no… …

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  • 114shake down — Synonyms and related words: assay, badger, blackmail, bring to test, comb, confirm, cut and try, essay, exact, experiment, extort, fan, force from, frisk, give a try, give a tryout, gouge, have a go, levy blackmail, look all over, look everywhere …

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  • 115up·side down — /ˈʌpˌsaıdˈdaʊn/ adv : with the top at the bottom and the bottom at the top : placed so that the end that should be at the top is at the bottom You hung the picture upside down! To remove the plant, turn the pot upside down and tap gently on the… …

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  • 116Immelmann (turn) — or Immelmann [im′əl mən; ] also [, im′əlmän΄] n. 〚after M. Immelmann (1890 1916), Ger ace〛 a maneuver in which an airplane is half looped to an upside down position and then half rolled back to normal, upright flight: used to gain altitude while… …

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  • 117Immelmann (turn) — or Immelmann [im′əl mən; ] also [, im′əlmän΄] n. [after M. Immelmann (1890 1916), Ger ace] a maneuver in which an airplane is half looped to an upside down position and then half rolled back to normal, upright flight: used to gain altitude while… …

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  • 118Immelmann (turn) — or Immelmann [im′əl mən; ] also [, im′əlmän΄] n. [after M. Immelmann (1890 1916), Ger ace] a maneuver in which an airplane is half looped to an upside down position and then half rolled back to normal, upright flight: used to gain altitude while… …

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  • 119To be turned of — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …

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  • 120Turned — Turn Turn (t[^u]rn), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Turned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Turning}.] [OE. turnen, tournen, OF. tourner, torner, turner, F. tourner, LL. tornare, fr. L. tornare to turn in a lathe, to rounds off, fr. tornus a lathe, Gr. ? a turner s… …

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