put the bottom rail on top

动词 v.

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reverse a hierarchy. idiomatic
    — “The nigger Professor” they called me, “with a plan to educate the blacks and to put them above the whites”; “to put the bottom rail on top”; “to subvert Anglo‐Saxon civilization.”

词形变化

puts the bottom rail on top present,singular,third-person putting the bottom rail on top participle,present put the bottom rail on top participle,past put the bottom rail on top past
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