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idiomturn sth inside out1 (also turn sth upside down) to change something completely:The fire turned our lives inside out. We lost everything that was of value to us.Lennox, the new managing director, plans to turn the company upside down, reorganizing from the top down.2 (also turn sth upside down) if you turn a place inside out, you search every part of it, especially so that it is untidy or damaged:The police turned the apartment inside out, but found nothing.Duncan and I turned the room upside down, looking for my earrings, and then found them in my jewellery box. 3 to examine something thoroughly, often trying to look at it in a completely different way:"I like taking common ideas and turning them inside out," says Jeuneman, now retired after 35 years as an analytical chemist. We used to sit up late at night, talking about life and turning the world inside out.
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