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up and down en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Vertical; perpendicular; said of the cable when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse hole, and the cable is taut.
  2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Plain; downright.
    • an up and down honest man
  3. (Philippines, not-comparable) Of a building, having two stories.

up and down en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Upward and downward, alternately.
    • She looked me up and down and hinted that I could do with losing some weight.
    • I quickly eyed the building up and down.
    • The people on the bus go up and down, up and down, up and down. The people on the bus go up and down, all through the town. traditional, “Wheels on the Bus”:
    • my blood pressure goes up and down
    • the tide goes up and down
  2. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Forwards and backwards alternately along a path.
    • walk up and down the corridor
  3. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Staunchly, unwaveringly, obstinately.
    • He swore up and down that he hadn't taken the money.
    • Christina is straight up and down fuckable. 2006, Stephen Baker, Bomb Ass Pussy:
  4. (figuratively, not-comparable) In various places, e.g., in a country.
    • There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith. 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in Rail, number 948, page 27:

Coordinates

back and forth

Relateds

ups and downs

Translations (17)

sv fram och tillbaka (alternately forwards and backwards along a path) · ko 이리저리 (upward and downward, alternately) · de rauf und runter (upward and downward, alternately) · ka ზემოთ-ქვემოთ (upward and downward, alternately) · de auf und ab (upward and downward, alternately) · sv upp och ner (upward and downward, alternately) · ru взад и вперёд (alternately forwards and backwards along a path) · ru вверх-вниз (upward and downward, alternately) · ro în sus și în jos (staunchly, unwaveringly, obstinately) · ro în sus și în jos (alternately forwards and backwards along a path) · ka ზევით-ქვევით (upward and downward, alternately) · it su e giù (upward and downward, alternately) · mt ’l fuq u ’l isfel (upward and downward, alternately) · ro în sus și în jos (upward and downward, alternately) · nl op en neer (upward and downward, alternately) · apc طلوع نزول (upward and downward, alternately) · hu fel s alá (alternately forwards and backwards along a path)