Synonyms for inside out
| Grammar : Adv |
| Spell : preposition in-sahyd, in-sahyd; adverb in-sahyd; noun in-sahyd; adjective in-sahyd, in-, in-sahyd |
| Phonetic Transcription : preposition ˌɪnˈsaɪd, ˈɪnˌsaɪd; adverb ˌɪnˈsaɪd; noun ˈɪnˈsaɪd; adjective ˌɪnˈsaɪd, ˈɪn-, ˈɪnˌsaɪd |
Définition of inside out
Origin :- late 14c., ynneside "interior of the body," compound of in (adv.) + side (n.). The adjective is 1610s, from the noun. Inside job "robbery, espionage, etc., committed by or with the help of a resident or servant of a place" is attested by 1887, American English (also, late 19c., early 20c., "indoors work"). Inside track "advantage" is metaphoric because those lanes are shorter on a curved track. Inside of, in reference to time, is from 1839.
- adv with the inside where the outside should be
- adv very thoroughly
- She puts on other people's gloves, but she puts them on inside out.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Miss G. Why, turn that you have inside out, and no more about it.
- Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
- I took it from him, turned it inside out, and opened my pocket knife.
- Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
- There was no other like it in any of the stores, and she had turned all of them inside out.
- Extract from : « Short Stories of Various Types » by Various
- I could wish that she did not wrap her putties, one from the inside out, and the other from the outside in.
- Extract from : « Maw's Vacation » by Emerson Hough
- The curve I got on that bit of steel did the work, around the corner and inside out.
- Extract from : « Red Pepper Burns » by Grace S. Richmond
- After that, as Leslie said, I was to "reform England inside out."
- Extract from : « The Message » by Alec John Dawson
- From the cab-driver down to—to Giotto, they turn us inside out, and I resent it.
- Extract from : « A Room With A View » by E. M. Forster
- Wrap my dear sister by all means, Charles, but if you can—from the inside out.
- Extract from : « Clair de Lune » by Michael Strange
- Well, I'll turn him inside out and manipulate him, if it takes the whole week.
- Extract from : « A Pessimist » by Robert Timsol
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