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turn (something) upside down
idiom
to search everywhere for something, sometimes leaving a place very untidy: 将…翻了个底朝天
I turned the apartment upside down but I couldn't find the letter.我把公寓翻了个底朝天也没有找到那封信。
to (cause something to) change completely and in a bad way:
Another poor harvest could turn the country's economy upside down.
Their lives were turned upside down when their son was arrested.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Searching
beachcomb
beachcomber
beachcombing
body search
bounty hunter
comb
hunt someone/something down
hunter
hunting ground
keep your/an eye out for someone/somethingidiom
leave no stone unturnedidiom
lookout
needle
scout
scratch around for something
scrounge around
search
seek someone/something out
seeker
troll
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Upsetting and destabilizing
Changing
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