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NOUN:
  1. The upper side or portion.
  2. An advantageous aspect: the upsides and downsides of home ownership.
  3. An upward tendency, as in business profitability or in the prices of a stock.
PREPOSITION:
Slang
On: "If you still didn't get it, well, sometimes you have to hit people upside the head ... to get their attention" (Howie Carr).



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