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right-side up
[ rahyt-sahyd ]
adverb
- with the top or correct side facing up:
turn the carton right-side up;
a right-side up image.
Word History and Origins
Origin of right-side up1
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]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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