The word UP has more meanings than any other two-letter English word. UP is listed in the dictionary as an [adv.], [prep], [adj.], [n] or [v]
It's easy to understand UP when it means towards the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP ?
At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP, why are the officers UP for election (if there is a tie, it is a toss UP) and why is it UP to the secretary to write UP the minutes
We call UP our friends, brighten UP a room, polish UP the silverware, warm UP the leftovers, clean UP the kitchen and straighten UP the house. We lock UP the house and fix UP the old car.
At other times, this little word has special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite and think UP excuses.
To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special.
And UP can be confusing: A drain must be opened UP because it is blocked UP. We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night. We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP !
To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look UP the word in the dictionary. It takes UP almost 1/4 of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.
If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with UP to a hundred or more.
One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP , for now . . My time is UP !
Oh . . . One more thing: What is the first thing you do in the morning and the last thing you do at night?
U P !
Did that one crack you UP ?
WAIT: I almost forgot knocked UP, suck it UP, locked UP, fess UP, what’s UP, mixed UP, washed UP and fucked UP.
Don’t screw UP.
Now I'll shut UP!
