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View synonyms for right-side up

right-side up

[ rahyt-sahyd ]

adverb

  1. with the top or correct side facing up:

    turn the carton right-side up;

    a right-side up image.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of right-side up1

First recorded in 1810–20
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Idioms and Phrases

With the top facing upward, as in Please keep the box holding the china right-side up , or He turned his cards right-side up . [Early 1500s]
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Example Sentences

Place it right-side up in a shallow container and pour in 2 inches of water.

Packrafts are stable but can be difficult to flip right-side up if capsized.

If it crashes and lands on its back, two of the rotors can reverse thrust to flip it right-side up.

Allow the cakes to cool completely, right-side up, on the wire rack before removing the parchment.

We double-package the plant so that when you open the box, soil isn’t displaced and the plant is right-side up.

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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