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Up And Down

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Adverb

1. up and down

moving backward and forward along a given course

Example Sentences:
'he walked up and down the locker room'
'all up and down the Eastern seaboard'

2. up and down

alternately upward and downward

Example Sentences:
'he eyed him up and down'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Up And Down

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adverb
1. 
backwards and forwards (along)
You walk up and down in front of the line-up.
preposition
2. 
backwards and forwards (along)
Gail looked up and down the narrow roadway.
adjective
1. 
moving, executed, or formed alternately upwards and downwards
2. mainly US
very steep; vertical
adverb, preposition up and down
3. 
backwards and forwards (along)

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Up And Down

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adjective
1. 
going alternately up and down, to and fro, etc.
2. 
variable; fluctuating
3. 
vertical

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Up And Down

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adj.
1. Characterized by or exhibiting an alternating upward and downward movement.
2. Variable; changeable.
3. Vertical.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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