Examples: up the ante
Examples: the anchor is up the sun is up he lay face up he is up by a pawn the market is up the corn is up
Examples: are they astir yet? up by seven each morning
Examples: its an up market an improving economy
Examples: the up staircase a general upward movement of fish
Examples: he was up on his homework had to be up for the game
Examples: the windows are up
Examples: how soon will the computers be up?
Examples: time is up
Examples: look up! the music surged up the fragments flew upwards prices soared upwards upwardly mobile
Examples: he turned up the volume
Examples: he walked up and grabbed my lapels
Examples: was transferred up to headquarters up to Canada for a vacation
Examples: they moved the meeting date up from childhood upward
up (English)└── upp (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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