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topsy

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grow like Topsy
to grow very fast The government must decide how to allocate health-care resources in the face of demand that is growing like Topsy.
See also: grow, like

topsy-turvy 

1. (informal) if a situation is topsy-turvy, it is confused and not well organized because things happen in the wrong order or people believe things are important when they are not The government's topsy-turvy priorities mean that spending on education remains low. We're living in topsy-turvy times.
2. (informal) if a room or a place is topsy-turvy, it is very untidy He went out leaving the house all topsy-turvy.


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