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Up and down

adj, adv

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Vertical; perpendicular; said of the cable when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse hole, and the cable is taut. not-comparable
  2. 2
    plain; downright figuratively, not-comparable

    "an up and down honest man"

  3. 3
    having two stories Philippines, not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    upward and downward, alternately. not-comparable

    "the tide goes up and down"

  2. 2
    alternately forwards and backwards along a path idiomatic, not-comparable

    "walk up and down the corridor"

  3. 3
    staunchly, unwaveringly, obstinately idiomatic, not-comparable

    "He swore up and down that he hadn't taken the money."

  4. 4
    In various places, e.g. in a country. not-comparable

    "There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith."

Adverb
  1. 1
    moving backward and forward along a given course wordnet
  2. 2
    alternately upward and downward wordnet

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