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on the up-and-up

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  1. on the up-and-upadjective

    Legitimate; honest; upright.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of on the up-and-up in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of on the up-and-up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of on the up-and-up in a Sentence

  1. Ed Asner:

    It all blends into each other, ’Rich Man, Poor Man’ was an epiphany for me. ‘Elf’ was a delight. ‘Up’ was an unbelievable stroke. I think it ranks up at the top for Pixar. and it certainly was a wonderful shot in my arm and butt as to my career, but ‘Elf’ and ‘Up,’ I am down to single syllable names these days.

  2. Benjamin Lawsky:

    That's going to be up to Barclays and up to the other regulators.

  3. Barack Obama:

    I have instructed the Joint Chiefs, and up and down the chain of command, that they have a responsibility to de-stigmatize mental health issues and issues of PTSD, and help to explain to everybody in all of the units under their command that there's nothing weak about asking for help.

  4. Ash Leabenworth:

    Ash Leabenworth said. He said hes lived on North Campbell street for eight years and up until a few weeks ago, it was a quiet area. Especially last night when the union was caught on fire, so we felt pretty scared for our neighbors then. As much as we do support the protests its been a trip having cops our here with their LRAD systems and blowing up the acoustics of the neighborhood.

  5. Jeffrey Dietert:

    The turnaround expense, $232 million, was more than our guidance and up substantially from the $120 million in the third quarter.

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