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up and down

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. up and downadverb

    moving backward and forward along a given course

    "he walked up and down the locker room"; "all up and down the Eastern seaboard"

  2. up and downadverb

    alternately upward and downward

    "he eyed him up and down"

Wiktionary

  1. up and downadverb

    upward and downward, alternately

  2. up and downadverb

    alternately forwards and backwards along a path

Wikipedia

  1. Up and Down

    Up and Down is a song by Dutch Eurodance group Vengaboys. It reached number four in the United Kingdom in November 1998. It also reached number one on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in 1999. The Tin Tin Out remix of the song was sampled in DMC's remix of Cher's "Believe". The "Wooo!" voice in the song is sampled from "Crash Goes Love" by Loleatta Holloway.

ChatGPT

  1. up and down

    Up and down are prepositions or adverbs that refer to the direction or position of an object, person, or movement. "Up" typically denotes a higher position or a movement towards a higher place or position, often in relation to a specific reference point. Conversely, "down" usually indicates a lower position or a movement towards a lower place or position. The exact connotation can differ based on context, but these terms are generally tied to the concept of verticality.

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. up and down

    The situation of the cable when it has been hove in sufficiently to bring the ship directly over the anchor. (See RIGHT UP AND DOWN.)

Suggested Resources

  1. up and down

    Read the full text of the Up and Down poem by dan henry lambrix on the Poetry.com website.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of up and down in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of up and down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of up and down in a Sentence

  1. Reid Thompson:

    I was informed that Finn had been causing some chaos as he chased a deer along the road, through the hospital grounds and back onto the road. They tangled for a bit, up and over a guard rail and down onto the ice … eventually the deer got away and Finn gave up the chase.

  2. Attorney Paul Vlachos:

    He seemed to be depressed and down, which was not his normal character.

  3. David Cockfield:

    The market has been quite volatile. It can be up 100 and something points a day, and down 100 and something points a day. I see no significant factor out there, you often find that if people are going to be sellers, they'll pick on the financials, because they're easy to sell.

  4. Chief Executive Rupert Hogg:

    We tend to do quite well in cargo but the volumes do go up and down due to general economic sentiment, i'm relatively confident that cargo will get stronger in second half this year.

  5. Jackson McGrady Smith Jr.:

    (' Daddy King') would probably be a little disappointed that there's not a lot of black businesses up and down Edgewood there.

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