What is the meaning of TO BE-UP-ON-SOMETHING. Phrases containing TO BE-UP-ON-SOMETHING
See meanings and uses of TO BE-UP-ON-SOMETHING!Slangs & AI meanings
to be very determined to do something
Up to snuff is slang for not likely to be imposed upon; knowing; acute.
1. to be unnecessarily mad or angry 2. to be completely wrong about something
to know current information about something
to be in style, stylish, or cool (usually used when talking about fashion)
To be flash, to be shrewd.
Be dirty on is Australian slang for to be offended by or hostile towards.
to be carrying a gun
(in phrase be hung-up on) to be overly concerned about something or someone
Crease up is slang for to be or cause to be greatly amused.
To be broke
To be drunk
to be forbidden to go anywhere
Up on blocks is slang for menstruating.
to be commited to doing something
BETTER TO BE BLOWN UP THAN SHOWN UP
Better to be blown up than shown up is British slang for better to be brave and fail, than to be cowardly. Death before dishonour.
To drink a lot, to be drunk
To be knowledgeable of; put us wise tell us
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prep.
In continuance; without interruption or ceasing; as, sleep on, take your ease; say on; sing on.
a.
Inclining up; tending or going up; upward; as, an up look; an up grade; the up train.
prep.
Forward, in progression; onward; -- usually with a verb of motion; as, move on; go on.
prep.
Indicating dependence or reliance; with confidence in; as, to depend on a person for assistance; to rely on; hence, indicating the ground or support of anything; as, he will promise on certain conditions; to bet on a horse.
v. i.
To take place; to happen; as, the meeting was on Thursday.
v. i.
To be burnt on the surface; to be parched; to be dried up.
adv.
Aside, so as not to be in use; as, to lay up riches; put up your weapons.
adv.
In a higher place or position, literally or figuratively; in the state of having arisen; in an upright, or nearly upright, position; standing; mounted on a horse; in a condition of elevation, prominence, advance, proficiency, excitement, insurrection, or the like; -- used with verbs of rest, situation, condition, and the like; as, to be up on a hill; the lid of the box was up; prices are up.
prep.
In addition to; besides; -- indicating multiplication or succession in a series; as, heaps on heaps; mischief on mischief; loss on loss; thought on thought.
a.
Desiring or professing to be; vainly pretending to be; as, a would-be poet.
prep.
In reference or relation to; as, on our part expect punctuality; a satire on society.
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At or near; adjacent to; -- indicating situation, place, or position; as, on the one hand, on the other hand; the fleet is on the American coast.
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From the coast towards the interior of, as a country; from the mouth towards the source of, as a stream; as, to journey up the country; to sail up the Hudson.
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Forward, in succession; as, from father to son, from the son to the grandson, and so on.
n.
The whole; all that is to be.
adv.
To or in a position of equal advance or equality; not short of, back of, less advanced than, away from, or the like; -- usually followed by to or with; as, to be up to the chin in water; to come up with one's companions; to come up with the enemy; to live up to engagements.
prep.
Denoting performance or action by contact with the surface, upper part, or outside of anything; hence, by means of; with; as, to play on a violin or piano. Hence, figuratively, to work on one's feelings; to make an impression on the mind.
adv.
To or in a state of completion; completely; wholly; quite; as, in the phrases to eat up; to drink up; to burn up; to sum up; etc.; to shut up the eyes or the mouth; to sew up a rent.
prep.
To the account of; -- denoting imprecation or invocation, or coming to, falling, or resting upon; as, on us be all the blame; a curse on him.
v. i.
To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain predicate, that is, as having a certain attribute, or as belonging to a certain sort, or as identical with what is specified, -- a word or words for the predicate being annexed; as, to be happy; to be here; to be large, or strong; to be an animal; to be a hero; to be a nonentity; three and two are five; annihilation is the cessation of existence; that is the man.
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