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up and down

1 
: forward and backward several or many times : repeatedly in one direction and then the opposite direction来回往返；反复往返
2 
: from a lower position to a higher position several times上下反复
⇒ Main Entry: 1 up

up and down

informal
: sometimes good and sometimes bad时好时坏
⇒ Main Entry: 2 up

See also: up-and-down

up-and-down

1 of 2

adjective

ˌəp-ən(d)-ˈdau̇n How to pronounce up-and-down (audio)
ˌəp-ᵊm-
1
: marked by alternate upward and downward movement, action, or surface
2
: perpendicular

up and down

2 of 2

adverb

1
: to and fro
paced up and down
2
: so as to move upward and then downward repeatedly
jumping up and down
3
archaic : here and there especially throughout an area
4
: with regard to every particular : thoroughly
knew the territory up and down
up and down preposition

Example Sentences

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Adverb
The 2022 college football season is underway, and Pac-12 games up and down the west coast will be kicking off in Week 2. Tim Brown | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 10 Sep. 2022 After a few virtual editions, Loop Sessions DMV held its first in-person event that June, with people traveling from up and down the East Coast to have the kind of organic exchange that can only happen in-person. Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 Beaches up and down the coast were packed over the weekend. Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Sep. 2022 Tiger sharks are cold-blooded, which leads them to behave like snowbirds moving up and down the East Coast depending on the temperature, Hammerschlag said. N'dea Yancey-bragg, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2022 DCS Hospitality Group is a subsidiary of Sidhu Realty Capital, which owns single-family housing and strip centers up and down the East Coast. Brenda Cain And Yadi Rodriguez - Cleveland.com, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2022 More than 55 million people are currently under heat alerts from Southern California through the San Joaquin Valley and into portions of the Northwest, including 20 of the most populated cities up and down the West Coast. Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 China has an array of naval and air bases on its east coast opposite Taiwan, and many more up and down its coast. New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022 The iconic Arctic Umiaq Line, a ferry service that makes a full route up and down the southwestern coast each week for most of the year, stops on Disko Island, where KoBold Metals’ expedition is based—all the way into January. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 18 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

circa 1755, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Adverb

12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of up-and-down was in the 12th century

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