wrong side out

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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

Nothing pleases him better than to lure a man on and draw him out and encourage him to turn his mind wrong side out and empty it.

From Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) by Nye, Bill

She kept her eyes averted while Harry turned his pockets wrong side out and finally opened his vest.

From The Automobile Girls at Newport Watching the Summer Parade by Crane, Laura Dent

Fold the cloth, wrong side out, with the woof and through the center, and baste the edges together.

From Handicraft for Girls A Tentative Course in Needlework, Basketry, Designing, Paper and Cardboard Construction, Textile Fibers and Fabrics and Home Decoration and Care by McGlauflin, Idabelle