- turn on its head
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a) To turn upside-down; to invert.
The crisis turned on their head the formulas that had seemed to work.
The global economic crisis has managed to turn on their head stock exchanges worldwide.
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turn (something) on its head — 1. to use something in a completely wrong way. The basic problem is that your report turns history on its head. 2. to change something completely. I really hope that doctors and nurses can pull together and turn the system on its head. Related… … New idioms dictionary
turn something on its head — If you turn something on its head, you turn it upside down or reverse it … The small dictionary of idiomes
turn sth on its head — ► to make something the opposite of what it was previously: »The internet turned the world of flight booking on its head. Main Entry: ↑turn … Financial and business terms
turn something on its head — stand/turn/something on its head informal phrase to make someone think in a completely new way about something Einstein’s theories stood the mathematical world on its head. Thesaurus: to have an effect on someone s emotions or attitudessynonym … Useful english dictionary
turn (something) on its head — stand/turn (something) on its head to make an idea or belief the opposite of what it was before. The first feminists simply took the accepted view that men were superior to women and turned it on its head … New idioms dictionary
stand something on its head — stand/turn/something on its head informal phrase to make someone think in a completely new way about something Einstein’s theories stood the mathematical world on its head. Thesaurus: to have an effect on someone s emotions or attitudessynonym … Useful english dictionary
stand (or turn) something on its head — completely reverse an idea or argument. → head … English new terms dictionary
stand (something) on its head — stand/turn (something) on its head to make an idea or belief the opposite of what it was before. The first feminists simply took the accepted view that men were superior to women and turned it on its head … New idioms dictionary
head — [hed] n. [ME hede, heved < OE heafod, akin to Ger haupt (OHG houbit, Goth haubith) < IE base * kaput (orig. prob. cup shaped) > L caput: merged in Gmc with word akin to OHG hūba, a cap, crest (Ger haube) < IE base * keu , to bend,… … English World dictionary
turn something inside out — 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… … New idioms dictionary
