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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Upside \Up"side`\, n.
1. The upper side; the part that is uppermost.
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2. the benefits; the positive features; -- said of a
situation or event that has both positive (good) and
negative (bad) aspects.
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{To be upsides with}, to be even with. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
--Sir W. Scott. --T. Hughes.
{Upside down}. [Perhaps a corruption of OE. up so down,
literally, up as down.] With the upper part undermost;
hence, in confusion; in complete disorder; topsy-turvy.
--Shak.
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These that have turned the world upside down are
come hither also. --Acts xvii.
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