wrong side out
Example Sentences
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Columnist Drew Pearson, whose inside stories sometimes have the facts wrong side out, had a sizzling inside story early this month for his readers in 600 papers.
From Time Magazine Archive
I turned Celia’s shawl right side out, then wrong side out.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
My! how she scuffed around, looking for her slippers, trying to find her clothes and getting one or two things on wrong side out!
From Hints to Pilgrims by Brooks, Charles Stephen
Applause greeted the announcement, and Mr. Mackie, who had slipped behind the piano for a moment and returned with his coat on the wrong side out, began.
From The Story of Louie by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]
You are showing me the matter wrong side out, giving it to me wrong end foremost.
From The Red Moccasins A Story by Heady, Morrison
