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Inside out

adverb

With the inside facing outward.

Thoroughly; from every perspective.

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Etymology of 'Inside out'

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"Inside out" Quotes from Famous Books

... the grass of the outer world again, he made me sketch the entrance to the pit, pointing to the containing wall with parental pride, and standing over the sketch-book and the sketcher with an umbrella which speedily turned inside out under the combined pressure of wind, and rain, and years; a feat which it had already performed des fois, he said, in the course of ...

— Ice-Caves of France and Switzerland • George Forrest Browne

... his first impulse was not only to feel in his pockets, but with the utmost care to turn them inside out, ...

— The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 - Volume 23, Number 6 • Various

... his pockets inside out. As he did so something heavy fell from his pocket to the floor. In courtesy as much as curiosity Bridger stooped first to pick it up. As he rose he saw Carson's face change as ...

— The Covered Wagon • Emerson Hough

... declared Bill, shaking his head; "it's railroad property. I've got my job to look after, even if Chihuahua is turned inside out." ...

— The Border Boys Across the Frontier • Fremont B. Deering

... experiments he practised upon the same: commencing with "cutting off a polype's head," and so on through a series of scientific barbarities upon his little creature, which ended only in "turning a polype inside out!" ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 185, May 14, 1853 • Various

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