Synonyms for up and down
up and down

Princeton's WordNet

1. up and downadverb

   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 downadverb

   alternately upward and downward

   "he eyed him up and down"

Suggested Resources

1. up and down

   Read the full text of the Up and Down poem by dan henry lambrix on the Poetry.com website.

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1. Hisham Zaazou:

   This time I tell you it is different. I can't give you a date ... This time it is not Egypt's problem ... Egypt is also caught between what is happening in Syria and Lebanon, in Libya and down south sometimes in Sudan, even Paris now.

2. Douglas Davis:

   We don't think the price of oil can stay down very long. But energy shares are going to go through a wild up-and-down phase, we may have to test low levels before going up again.

3. Gavin Newsom:

   Democrats up and down the state haven't taken this seriously, whereas Republicans have, republicans see this as a historic opportunity.

4. Rick Turner:

   The best day of our whole trip was in Desenzano, we hired a speedboat and spent a few hours zooming up and down the lake – it was awesome. We were going round Garda Island, that huge palace [ the neo-gothic Villa Borghese, a Venetian-style mansion on Garda’s largest island ]. You could go wherever you wanted.

5. Debasish Mridha, M.D.:

   In the midst of life’s ups and down, beginnings and endings, let us live our life, let us be joyful, let us be happy.