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missdaredevil

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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 4:44 am Post subject: upset

A huge Oscar upset caps a night of few surprises Does upset here mean unexpected surprise? Thanks

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Lorikeet

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Posted: Sun Mar 19, 2006 7:46 am Post subject: Re: upset

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missdaredevil wrote:

A huge Oscar upset caps a night of few surprises

Does *upset* here mean unexpected surprise?

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An "upset" in this case means that the picture (or person or team) everyone thought was going to win didn't.

Another example with this meaning is:

The basketball team was number one, but in last night's game they were upset by the number 10 team. (We expected number 1 to win, but they didn't.)

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