ひっくり返(かえ)す

ひっくりかえす
verb (godan)
to turn over, to overturn, to upset
1. to turn over, to flip over, to overturn
To turn something upside down or flip it over physically.
テーブルをひっくり返(かえ)す。
To flip over a table.
子供(こども)がコップをひっくり返(かえ)した。
The child knocked over the cup.
部屋(へや)をひっくり返(かえ)して探(さが)したけど見(み)つからなかった。
I turned the room upside down searching, but I couldn't find it.
2. to reverse, to overturn (a decision or outcome)
To dramatically change a situation, result, or decision.
試合(しあい)をひっくり返(かえ)す。
To turn the game around.
判決(はんけつ)をひっくり返(かえ)した。
The verdict was overturned.
最後(さいご)の最後(さいご)で勝負(しょうぶ)をひっくり返(かえ)すのが彼(かれ)のすごいところだ。
What's amazing about him is that he can turn things around at the very last moment.

CONJUGATION (godan-su):

  • Negative: ひっくり返(かえ)さない
  • Te-form: ひっくり返(かえ)して
  • Past: ひっくり返(かえ)した
  • Passive: ひっくり返(かえ)される

TRANSITIVITY:
Transitive. The intransitive counterpart is ひっくり返(かえ)る (to be overturned, to topple over).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • テーブルをひっくり返(かえ)す: to flip a table
  • 試合(しあい)をひっくり返(かえ)す: to turn the match around
  • 常識(じょうしき)をひっくり返(かえ)す: to upend common sense
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