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  1. up and: Merriam-Webster
  2. up-and: Wordnik
  3. up and: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. up and: Wiktionary
  5. up and: Dictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (up and)

▸ adverb:  (colloquial) Abruptly; unexpectedly.

Similar:
precipitously, abruptedly, abruptly, abruptively, suddently, all at once, just like that, all of a sudden, unexpectedly, asudden, more...

Opposite:
down, below, beneath

Phrases:
up and coming, up and down, get up and go, jumping up and down, sit up and take notice, more...

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Similar:
precipitously, abruptedly, abruptly, abruptively, suddently, all at once, just like that, all of a sudden, unexpectedly, asudden, more...

Opposite:
down, below, beneath

Phrases:
up and coming, up and down, get up and go, jumping up and down, sit up and take notice, up and about, on the up and up, swear up and down, up and comer, up and running, wake up and smell the coffee, more...



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