turn one's life upside down

English

Alternative forms

• turn one's world upside down

Verb

turn one's life upside down (third-person singular simple present turns one's life upside down, present participle turning one's life upside down, simple past and past participle turned one's life upside down)

1. (figurative) To completely disrupt one's life.

Related terms

• turn upside down

Further reading

• “turn one's life upside down” (US) / “turn one's life upside down” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.