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topsy-turvy

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topsy-turvy
1. 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. if a room or a place is topsy-turvy, it is very untidy. He went out leaving the house all topsy-turvy.
See also: topsy-turvy

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