up and down

Meaning

1. 1

   moving upwards and downwards

   The boat bobbed up and down on the water.

2. 2

   in one direction and then in the opposite direction

   She was pacing up and down in front of her desk.

3. 3

   sometimes good and sometimes bad

   My relationship with him was up and down.

4. 4

   informalAmerican

   if you swear up and down that sth is true, you say that it is definitely true

5. 5

   up and down sth

   in one direction and then in the opposite direction along sth

   I looked up and down the corridor.

In the movies · 238

• Good. Off you go, up and down.Billie Eilish: The World's a Little Blurry2021
• Your head moves up and down, ever so slightly.Nightmare Alley2021
• up and down the eastern seaboard.Con Air1997
• You can press up, and down, and up and down.Be Here Now2015
• I was... walking up and down the corridor and...Triangle of Sadness2022
• You see that? All up and down the highway?Road House2024
• All up and down Allen Street here.Tombstone1993
• On his way up and down the stairs...Cinderella Man2005

Learn it in full scenes

• Be Here Now2015
  • Andy Shows His Kids the Sword
  • Andy Wins the Role of Spartacus
  • Andy Whitfield's Cancer Returns

From the same entry

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