up and down

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Adverb

up and down (not comparable)

  1. upward and downward, alternately.
    Coordinate term: back and forth
    the tide goes up and down
    my blood pressure goes up and down
    She looked me up and down and hinted that I could do with losing some weight.
  2. (idiomatic) alternately forwards and backwards along a path
    walk up and down the corridor
  3. (idiomatic) staunchly, unwaveringly, obstinately
    He swore up and down that he hadn't taken the money.
    • 2006, Stephen Baker, Bomb Ass Pussy:
      Christina is straight up and down fuckable.
  4. In various places, e.g. in a country.
    • 2022 January 12, Paul Bigland, “Fab Four: the nation's finest stations: Eastbourne”, in Rail, number 948, page 27:
      There's also a barber's shop and that staple of railway stations up and down the UK - a WH Smith.

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Adjective

up and down (not comparable)

  1. (nautical) Vertical; perpendicular; said of the cable when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse hole, and the cable is taut.
  2. (figurative) plain; downright
    an up and down honest man
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