up-and-down

A form of up and down — Upward and downward, alternately.

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Meanings

adjectiveup-and-down (not comparable)
  1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of up and down (in various senses)

    They were men; and they were fighting; savage, desperate, up-and-down fighting, such as Tom had seen too many times before.

    1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
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    As I entered the room, the fire [...] flickering light through the wide-open door over the room, which was very deep, and furnished in the old style with high-backed Russia leather chairs, and one of those settees which were intended for farthingales and straight up-and-down positions.

    1886, Peter Christen Asbjø￵rnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 4

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APA

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MLA

“up-and-down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up-and-down. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “up-and-down,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/up-and-down.

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