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English
Phrase
upward of
- more than
- Police believe that upward of 30 local burglaries may have been carried out by the suspects.
1613 (date written), William Shakespeare, [John Fletcher], “The Famous History of the Life of King Henry the Eight”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I have been your wife in this obedience / Upward of twenty years.