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topsy-turvy adv

Backwards or upside down; also, having been overturned or upset. (figurative) Not in the natural order of things; in a disorderly manner; chaotically. topsy-turvy adj Backwards or upside down. (figurative) Chaotic; disorderly. topsy-turvy n (countable) An act of turning something backwards or upside down, or the situation that something is in after this has happened. (countable, figurative) A situation where the natural order of things has been upset. (uncountable, figurative) Chaos, confusion, disorder. topsy-turvy v (transitive) To turn topsy-turvy or upside down; to invert. (transitive, figurative) To throw into chaos or disorder; to upset.

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