Meaning of upstairs | Babel Free

Definitions

1. above, over
2. Up the stairs; on or to a higher floor or level.
3. up; uphill; upstream; upstairs
4. In the brain or mind.
   informal
5. come on!
6. In heaven, especially with regard to where a deity might be found.
   informal
7. hurray for (someone)!
8. up with

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Examples

“I’ll take my shoes and put them away the next time I go upstairs.”

“I hate the people who live upstairs, and I especially hate their piano.”

“The woman upstairs told the people outside to stop reveling.”

“There was more dancing and singing up stairs, more wit and conversation below; all were at liberty, and all stayed late; and all talked so much of the happiness they had enjoyed, that Lady Anne felt herself exceedingly tempted to give another party before the season finally closed.”

“In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; […]”

“Marsha, let’s go upstairs!”

“On arrival at Birmingham New Street, I make my way upstairs to the mezzanine to get shots of an almost deserted concourse, polka-dotted with social distancing circles like some strange board-game.”

“After Joe did a hula dance on the kitchen table, his friends wondered if he didn’t have a lot going on upstairs.”

“I guess I'm just used to sailors / I think they got water on the brain / I think they got more water upstairs / Than they got sugar on a candy cane”

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