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up and down

upward and downward, alternately
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the tide goes up and down
my blood pressure goes up and down

Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'up and down':

up and downalternately forwards and backwards along a path
up and downVertical; perpendicular; said of the cable when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse hole, and the cable is taut.
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