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[ adverb ] moving backward and forward along a given course
Examples "he walked up and down the locker room" "all up and down the Eastern seaboard" Used in print (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)He was marching up_and_down the locker_room of the Grassy_Brae_Golf_Club shouting , `` Bomb Cuba ! (Arthur Miller, "The Prophecy," in The Best...)Bicycle gear-sets he had once used as the basis of the design for the Camden_Cycly_Company plant hung on a rope in one corner , and over his desk , next to several old and dusty hats , was a clean pair of roller_skates which he occasionally used up_and_down front of his house . (Hampton Stone, The Man Who Looked Death...)Perhaps if Felix had first come_upon us when this boy was not cavorting so gaily up_and_down the hall outside the murdered woman 's apartment , we might have had less trouble convincing Felix of our seriousness . |
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[ adverb ] alternately upward and downward
Examples "he eyed him up and down" Used in print (The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)The brush moves up_and_down and is small enough to clean every dental surface , including the back of the teeth . (Francis Pollini, Night....)`` Yehhh '' , said Coughlin , testily , eyeing him up_and_down . |
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