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up and down

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Adv.1.up and downup and down - moving backward and forward along a given course; "he walked up and down the locker room"; "all up and down the Eastern seaboard"
2.up and downup and down - alternately upward and downward; "he eyed him up and down"
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There is so much to do about the play for Christmas night," said Jo, marching up and down, with her hands behind her back, and her nose in the air.
Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
He, like the old writer, had a white mustache, and when he cried he puckered up his lips and the mustache bobbed up and down.
Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context
Farther down, before one of the cottages, a lady in black was walking demurely up and down, telling her beads.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Chopin, Kate View in context
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