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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
up-end .
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Examples
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Worst Slap: The Braverman family loves meddling, but when grandpa Zeke tells Julia and Joel that Sydney is a sore loser on Parenthood, they don't buy it -- that is, until Joel beats Sydney by a wide margin at Candyland and his dearest daughter shrieks that her dad is a cheater, up-ends the board and slaps her dad across the face when he tries to pick her up.
Top Moments: Jon Stewart on Penn State and Private Practice's Intervention 2011
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You could damn near bank VA right now if either were on the ticket, which totally up-ends the electoral map apple-cart.
Obama Camp To McCain: Thank You For Highlighting My Leadership On Nukes 2009
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Warner would lock-down VA for Obama, which up-ends the electoral apple cart big-time.
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"Outsider arrives, up-ends norms, saves the day," is the premise behind Star Wars, Dead Poets Society, Elf, Wizard of Oz, Lord of the Rings, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer...there's literally thousands of examples, and in none of these examples does race play a role.
Article Round-Up: Thought-Provoking Writing About Avatar | /Film 2009
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And Warner is by far the most popular Dem in VA and would make VA a fairly safe bet that Obama would carry VA (he is already polling slightly ahead) which, because VA would be lean Dem, up-ends the rest of the electoral apple car t for the GOP.
Four Florida Members Of Congress Who Backed Hillary Come Out For Obama 2009
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With those words Seth Godin up-ends decades of marketing thinking.
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Whenever the world up-ends, his kind is the first to perish.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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Whenever the world up-ends, his kind is the first to perish.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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Whenever the world up-ends, his kind is the first to perish.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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Whenever the world up-ends, his kind is the first to perish.
Gone with the Wind Margaret Mitchell 1996
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