up and down
higher and lower; ascending and descending; back and forth
ups and downs
highs and lows, happy moments and sad moments
Up & Down
up and down
Adverb
1. moving backward and forward along a given course; "he walked up and down the locker room"; "all up and down the Eastern seaboard"
2. alternately upward and downward; "he eyed him up and down"
up and down
Synonyms and related words:
alternately, aplomb, at right angles, back and forth, backward and forward, backwards and forwards, by turns, completely, every other, exhaustively, hitch and hike, in and out, in rotation, in turns, inside out, make and break, off and on, perpendicularly, plumb, reciprocally, ride and tie, round and round, seesaw, sheer, sheerly, shuttlewise, square, to and fro, turn about
up-and-down
Synonyms and related words:
alternate, back-and-forth, orthodiagonal, orthogonal, perpendicular, plumb, plunging, precipitous, reciprocal, reciprocative, right-angle, right-angled, right-angular, seesaw, sheer, sine wave, steep, straight-up, straight-up-and-down, to-and-fro
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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