upend
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upend (third-person singular simple present upends, present participle upending, simple past and past participle upended)
- (transitive) To end up; to set on end.
- To tip or turn over.
- When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.
- To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.
- The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.
Translations [edit]
to end up; to set on end
to tip or turn over
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to destroy, invalidate
