There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other two-letter word, and that is "UP."
It is easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?
Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report?
I found this very interesting.
Are there other UP situations you can add,or comments?
2007-01-27 07:05:07 · 11 answers · asked by kayboff 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
One of the stranger uses of the word "up" that I can think of is when something is described as being "on the up and up", meaning it's legitimate or legal.
2007-01-27 07:24:47 · answer #1 · answered by wild_turkey_willie 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is very interesting! Here's a few I thought of right away.
Telling people to "listen UP"
Telling someone to "shut UP"
"putting UP" as in canning.
or "putting UP" with something. Example, "I won't put Up with that kind of behavior."
"Looking UP" as in looking up a word in the dictionary.
Just a few here, I'm sure others will think of many more!
2007-01-27 07:18:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Up phrases on the up and up keep your chin up heads up up the river sent up the river up a gum tree without a paddle thumbs up the game is up step up to the plate stuck up chalk it up come up trumps barking up the wrong tree never give up
2016-05-24 05:58:29 · answer #3 · answered by Andra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wake up
look up
sit up
get up
wash up
eat up
break up
make up
send up
fire up
mark up
throw up
link up
meet up
sweep up
tidy up
hurry up
open up
close up
move up
rise up
jump up
walk up
run up
wrap up
I could go on and on...
2007-01-27 12:15:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
we wake up, and we catch up on our sleep.
Topics come up, and we will put them up for discussion.
We speak up only to be told to shut up
Officers come up for election, but it is up to us to vote them in.
The secretary will write up that report, and the Kinko's will print it up.
Some ups are superfluous (we wake, Kinko's will print it) but alot are needed. I wouldn't want to do 50 push's as part of my excercise regimen.
2007-01-27 07:34:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
We noticed that my 18 month old knows to say "up" both when she wants to be picked up and when we are sitting down and she wants us to stand up.
2007-01-27 07:14:52 · answer #6 · answered by Raina 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ate up
jacked up
put up with
shut up
messed up
screwed up
hard up
What are you up to?
2007-01-27 07:15:27 · answer #7 · answered by Roo 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if these are totaly kosher but here goes nothing.
**** up and make up
2007-01-27 07:09:53 · answer #8 · answered by Runeth 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
borring good night. wake me up when i ,m at level 4 .zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
2007-01-27 07:10:07 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
how about throw up
2007-01-27 07:11:19 · answer #10 · answered by stephennpaula 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋