Turn upside down
Put in disorder, mix or mess up, as in He turned the whole house upside down looking for his checkbook. This metaphoric phrase transfers literally inverting something so that the upper part becomes the lower (or vice versa) to throwing into disorder or confusion. [ First half of 1800s ]
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- Turn up the heat on
Also, put the heat or screws or squeeze on; tighten the screws on. Pressure someone, as in The cops turned up the heat on drivers who show signs of drunkenness, or They said they’d tighten the screws on her if she didn’t confess. All of these slangy terms allude to forms of physical coercion or […]
- Turn up trumps
End well, succeed, as in Some brief courtships and hasty marriages turn up trumps. This expression alludes to card games in which trump cards are superior to cards of other suits. [ Late 1700s ]
- Turnverein
noun 1. an athletic club, especially of gymnasts.
- Turophile
noun 1. a connoisseur or lover of cheese.
- Turp
noun acronym 1. (surgery) transurethral resection of the prostate: a surgical procedure in which an electronic cutting implement is fed through the urethra to remove part of an enlarged prostate TURP transurethral resection of prostrate