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turn something inside out

to change something completely. It's as if everything I thought I knew about my family has been turned inside out.

Related vocabulary: turn something on its head

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of turn something inside out (= put the inside part of something on the outside)

See also: inside, turn

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Sapsea, that with a few skilful touches you turn inside out,' says Jasper. The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context More results

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