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upend
- Main Entry:
- up·end

- Pronunciation:
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\ˌəp-ˈend\
- Function:
- verb
- Date:
- 1823
transitive verb
1: to set or stand on end
; also : overturn 12 a: to affect to the point of being upset or flurried <a…literary shocker, designed to upend the credulous matrons
— Wolcott Gibbs> b: defeat, beatintransitive verb: to rise on an end
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