Meaning of up and | Babel Free

Definitions

Abruptly; unexpectedly.

colloquial, not-comparable

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Examples

“Halfway through the performance he just up and left.”

“I knowed then why she up and went there, because Ada told me.”

“The dog up and died, he up and died And after twenty years he still grieves”

“When he saw me hand and face, he up and goes for the head's office before I can say 'struth' and, by the time I can get after him, it's too late.”

“a friend of mine who, within ten days, said 'I've had enough of this' and he just up and died. It seemed he wished himself to die.”

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