turn inside-out

English

Verb

turn inside-out (third-person singular simple present turns inside-out, present participle turning inside-out, simple past and past participle turned inside-out)

  1. (sports) To make a player (especially a defender) turn the wrong way and hence get past him.
    • 2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:
      United led after three minutes as Nani drilled home inside the near post after turning George Elokobi inside-out.
  2. to invert; to place the outer surface inside and put the inside surface to the outside.

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