be up to

Meaning

1. Editorial56% of films

   to be doing or planning something, often something secret, mischievous, or suspicious

2. Oxford22% of films

   to be sb's duty or responsibility; to be for sb to decide

   Which one will be up to you.

   That'’ll be up to you, not me.

3. Editorial22% of films

   to reach as far as a stated level, or to be as many as a stated maximum

   I'll call Kaye, and by noon Washington will be up to its knees in Olympia.

In the movies · 14

• I know he's been up to that lake a bunch of times.Zodiac2007
• Which one will be up to you.The Matrix1999
• That'’ll be up to you, not me.Top Gun: Maverick2022
• The next 10,000 will be up to specifications.Batman Begins2005
• What could you possibly be up to tonight?American Psycho2000
• She's crazy enough for the loony bin. I bet she'd be up to something like this.Where the Crawdads Sing2022
• I'll call Kaye, and by noon Washington will be up to its knees in Olympia.My Fellow Americans1996
• Shouldn't this decision be left up to the professor?American Psycho II: All American Girl2002

Learn it in full scenes

• Zodiac2007
  • Darlene Ferrin's Last Drive
  • The Zodiac Confession Call
  • Zodiac's Cipher Reaches the Chronicle
• My Fellow Americans1996
  • Golf Talk Turns Awkward
  • The Missing Appointment Log
  • Tanner Summons the Presidents

From the same entry

• not be up to much
• up against
• up and down
• up and running
• up before
• up for
• up there
• up to
• up and down
• up yours
• up sticks
• raise the ante