"turn the frown upside down" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: turns the frown upside down [present, singular, third-person], turning the frown upside down [participle, present], turned the frown upside down [participle, past], turned the frown upside down [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} turn the frown upside down (third-person singular simple present turns the frown upside down, present participle turning the frown upside down, simple past and past participle turned the frown upside down)
  1. (colloquial) To become or make somebody else happy after being sad. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Emotions, Happiness

Inflected forms

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