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up Up-Helly-Aa an annual festival held at Lerwick in the Shetland Islands, celebrated as the revival of a traditional midwinter fire festival. The name comes from a variant of Scots Uphaliday, denoting Epiphany as the end of the Christmas holiday, and the current festival dates from the late 19th century.
up to a point, Lord Copper quotation from Evelyn Waugh's Scoop (1938) used to indicate limited agreement with a policy or proposition; Lord Copper in the novel is the overbearing proprietor of the popular newspaper The Beast. what goes up must come down proverbial saying, early 20th century; commonly associated with wartime bombing and anti-aircraft shrapnel, and often used with the implication that an exhilarating rise must be followed by a fall. |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "up." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "up." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-up.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "up." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-up.html |
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up to or at an elevated position. repr. two OE. words (i) up(p) (said primarily of motion) = OS. up (Du. op), ON. upp, (ii) uppe (said primarily of position) = OS. uppa, ON. uppi; rel. to OHG. ūf (G. auf). The use of up adv. to express complete consumption was prob. adopted from Scand. (e.g. ON. drekka upp drink up). By ellipsis of preps., such as against, along, etc., a new prep. was developed to form collocations like upstairs (XVI).
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T. F. HOAD. "up." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "up." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-up.html T. F. HOAD. "up." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-up.html |
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1. [as exclam.] used as a command to a soldier or an animal to stand up and be ready to move or attack: up, boys, and at 'em. 2. (of sailing) against the current or the wind. 3. (of a ship's helm) moved around to windward so that the rudder is to leeward. prep. to a higher part of (a river or stream), away from the sea: a cruise up the Rhine. |
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"up." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "up." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-up.html "up." The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military. 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O63-up.html |
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up Informal Denoting a system or component that is operational and in service and either busy or idle; it has passed all its tests and is in a condition during which random faults may be predicted to give an MTBF.
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JOHN DAINTITH. "up." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "up." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-up.html JOHN DAINTITH. "up." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-up.html |
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Up as affix, see main name, e.g. for Up Cerne (Dorset) see Cerne.
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A. D. MILLS. "Up." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. A. D. MILLS. "Up." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Up.html A. D. MILLS. "Up." A Dictionary of British Place-Names. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O40-Up.html |
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•cup, grown-up, pup, scup, straight-up, stuck-up, summing-up, sup, totting-up, tup, two-up, up, washing-up
•pick-me-up • fry-up • wind-up
•round-up • hold-up • backup • markup
•check-up
•break-up, make-up, shake-up, take-up
•teacup
•hiccup, pickup, stick-up
•link-up
•cock-up, lock-up
•walk-up
•hook-up, lookup
•buttercup • snarl-up • pile-up
•pull-up • warm-up • clean-up • pin-up
•line-up • grown-up
•run-up, sun-up, ton-up
•turn-up • hang-up • slap-up • zip-up
•top-up • chirrup • press-up • piss-up
•toss-up
•nosh-up, wash-up
•punch-up • start-up
•let-up, set-up
•sit-up • cut-up • rave-up
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"up." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "up." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-up.html "up." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-up.html |
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