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up and down
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Princeton's WordNet
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"
up and downadverb
alternately upward and downward
"he eyed him up and down"
Wiktionary
up and downadverb
upward and downward, alternately
up and downadverb
alternately forwards and backwards along a path
Wikipedia
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.
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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
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.)
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up and down
Read the full text of the Up and Down poem by dan henry lambrix on the Poetry.com website.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of up and down in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of up and down in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of up and down in a Sentence
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.
He seemed to be depressed and down, which was not his normal character.
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.
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.
(' 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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