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"Climbing direction"

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2 lettersPronunciation /ʌp/Part of speech adverb, verb, adjectiveSorted puStarts with UEnds with P5 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Toward a higher place or position; also awake, finished, or increased.

Word origin

From Middle English up, op, oup, from Old English upp, up, ūp (“up”), from Proto-West Germanic *upp, *ūp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, *eup (“up”).

Used in a sentence

  • “I looked up and saw the airplane overhead.”
  • “Shoots grow up and roots grow down.”
  • “All day we climbed up and up.”

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Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues

01“Climbing direction”2 letters
02“Higher than before”2 letters
03“Out of bed”2 letters
04“Higher”2 letters
05“Not down”2 letters

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