right-side-up
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈraɪtˌsaɪdˈʌp/
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derecho
- It becomes limp and will remain "dead" when picked up; however, it will roll over again if placed right-side up.
- place right-side-up
- flip it right-side up
- land right-side-up
Once it's set, you can actually flip this upside down, fill it up with water, dig a hole out, and then lid goes right side up.
- Once it's set, you can actually flip this upside down, fill it up with water, dig a hole out, and then lid goes right side up.
Examples
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Done properly, this should flip it right-side up.
Fiction book (2002) -
Then there was no doubt about up and down—they were hanging from the ceiling—but after about a minute, the whole cylinder seemed to swing around right-side up.
Fiction book (1991) -
That means it stayed right side up the whole time it was in transit.
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And you want to make sure that everyone is cutting your fabric the right side up, right?
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Now, put me right-side up.
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My world is almost right-side up.
Fiction book (1994) -
I thought about how sometimes you can turn something completely upside down and suddenly understand what it's about in a way you never could when it was right-side up.
Fiction book (1997) -
The rug is right-side-up.
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Both were wedged in by a mass of twisted steel pressing down from the caved-in ceiling, and she wondered if the forward section had rolled once before coming to rest right-side up.
Fiction book (1991) -
To assemble the furniture correctly, make sure to have each piece positioned right side up.
Synonyms
100
2.7
Standing straight up and down at right angles to the horizon
44
2.7
Standing straight up and not leaning
9
1.0
With the top side turned up so it is visible
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The phrase right-side-up is made of the simple words right ('correct'), side, and up ('top'). So something right-side-up is in the correct position with its top part facing up.