2007-09-13 19:02:48 · 6 answers · asked by Unsaid 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
to be active; get up off the couch and do something!
2007-09-13 19:10:17 · answer #1 · answered by MontyH 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do something positive. In the sense, up to now you have been only 'lateral'- apparently doing a lot but getting nowhere. You have really not progressed one bit with all your huffing and puffing.
A case in point is when a company shifts personnel around from one department to another telling them that it is 'only a lateral move' - that is, it is in no way to be taken as a promotion, you are not moving up. If you were, it would have been a 'vertical' move.
2007-09-14 02:42:50 · answer #2 · answered by shades of Bruno 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on context. It can mean to stand, to wake up, or to engage in one of a variety of physical pursuits like mountain climbing or rappelling.
2007-09-14 02:08:56 · answer #3 · answered by Lillian 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To stand up, because vertical lines, etc. go up and down (think north and south)
To lie down is to "get horizontal." (Think east and west.)
2007-09-14 02:24:37 · answer #4 · answered by jan51601 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
up & down or follow y axis
2007-09-14 02:07:43 · answer #5 · answered by TL 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stand
2007-09-14 02:04:55 · answer #6 · answered by bigclaire 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋