"turn on its head" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-turn on its head.ogg [Australia] Forms: turns on its head [present, singular, third-person], turning on its head [participle, present], turned on its head [participle, past], turned on its head [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} turn on its head (third-person singular simple present turns on its head, present participle turning on its head, simple past and past participle turned on its head)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To turn upside-down; to invert. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-turn_on_its_head-en-verb-SlTsdl7D Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms with placeholder "it" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 79 21 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 78 22
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To completely change. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-turn_on_its_head-en-verb-m3KRfgr5

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