Meanings (ES + gloss)
poner vertical
To end up; to set on end.
dar vuelta • poner patas arriba • voltear
To tip or turn over.
When he upended the bottle of water over his sleeping sister, the lid popped off and surprised them both.
upend the box and empty the contents
derribar • desafiar • refutar
To destroy, invalidate, overthrow, or defeat.
James Meredith's forced admission was a milestone in upending the old order in America's most segregated state, a kind of race relations ground zero.
The scientific evidence upended the popular myth.
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