up there

prepositional phrase

In a position of prominence or importance.

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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. In a position of prominence or importance.

    I'd always considered astrology bullshit, right up there with the legal, real estate and banking businesses in terms of thieving ass-sucking charlatanry, but it's clear I've been doing it a misservice.

    2012, Elson Quick, Baddha
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    “It is the most reckless challenge on a football pitch I think I’ve ever seen,” said the Palace chairman, Steve Parish, at half-time, going on to talk about the possibility of actually killing a fellow professional. It was certainly up there, with shades of Harald Schumacher at the 1982 World Cup. That was, Schumacher admitted, a deliberate assault designed to stop Patrick Battiston scoring.

    2025 January 3, Barney Ronay, “Crystal Palace through after Millwall keeper’s red for head-high tackle on Mateta”, in The Guardian
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up, there.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
blazedstoned

Translations

Esperanto supre
  • suprein a position of prominence
Cite this entry
APA

up there. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20there

MLA

“up there.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20there. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “up there,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up%20there.

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