inside out
/ˌɪnsaɪdˈaʊt/ · adverb
Meaning
- With the inside surface turned to be on the outside.
- (of knowledge) Thoroughly, extremely well.
- Describes the hitting of a ball that pitched outside of leg stump to the off side of the field.
- With the inner and outer surfaces reversed.
- Describing cross-court shots made by the unexpected hand, as of a backhand return of a ball struck to the player's forehand.
- Directed to the side; sideways.
- Slanting or sloping; oblique.
- Indirect; suggestive; not straightforward.
- Along the side of something.
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