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^[1]:

     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.

Translations

to relocate or place the inside surface to the outside

• Czech: obrátit naruby pf
• Maori: hurirua, hurikōaro
• Spanish: evertir (es)
• Swedish: vända ut och in (på)