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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

up there en · ADP

Meanings

  1. In a position of prominence or importance.
    • “It is the most reckless challenge on a football pitch I think I’ve ever seen,” said the Palace chairman, Steve Parish, at half-time, going on to talk about the possibility of actually killing a fellow professional. It was certainly up there, with shades of Harald Schumacher at the 1982 World Cup. That was, Schumacher admitted, a deliberate assault designed to stop Patrick Battiston scoring. 2025 January 3, Barney Ronay, “Crystal Palace through after Millwall keeper’s red for head-high tackle on Mateta”, in The Guardian:
    • I'd always considered astrology bullshit, right up there with the legal, real estate and banking businesses in terms of thieving ass-sucking charlatanry, but it's clear I've been doing it a misservice. 2012, Elson Quick, Baddha:
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up, there.

Translations (1)

eo supre (in a position of prominence)