Usually means: Upside down, topsy-turvy reversal.
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  1. arsy-versy: Merriam-Webster
  2. arsy-versy: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. arsy-versy, arsy-versy: Collins English Dictionary
  4. arsy-versy: Wordnik
  5. arsy versy: Wiktionary
  6. arsy-versy: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adverb:  (idiomatic, British, vulgar) Tumbling upside down; head over heels; backwards.

Similar:
arsy varsy, head over heels, arse over tip, heels over head, ass-backwards, hand over head, ventre à terre, with one's pants down, doggy style, around, more...

Opposite:
right side up, upright, correct, proper, orderly

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Similar:
arsy varsy, head over heels, arse over tip, heels over head, ass-backwards, hand over head, ventre à terre, with one's pants down, doggy style, around, more...

Opposite:
right side up, upright, correct, proper, orderly



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