down on one's uppers

prepositional phrase

impecunious, lacking money

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. idiomaticimpecunious, lacking money

    Synonyms: on one's uppers

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseimpecunious, lacking money

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on one's uppers
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bankruptbrokebrokenclose to the boneemptyhandedhard upimpoverishedindigentmoneylesson one's upperspenuriouspoor as a church mousepoverty-strickenstonystuck
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APA

down on one's uppers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down%20on%20one's%20uppers

MLA

“down on one's uppers.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down%20on%20one's%20uppers. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “down on one's uppers,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/down%20on%20one's%20uppers.

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