英语词汇“up to”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

26. up to ——.

(a) As high or as far as (a specified height or altitude) by ascent or extension.

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the world > space > distance > [phrase] > as far as

up to ——944

the length ofa1500

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > in height [phrase] > as high as (spec. height)

up to ——944

944 Charter in Sweet A.S. Reader (1908) 58 Andlang dic to ðam wege þe scytt up to ðam hricgge.

c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxvi. 183 Heofonlic leoht ofer þæt geteld astreht stod up to heofonum.

a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1070 Hi..clumben upp to þe stepel.

c1200 Vices & Virtues 119 He..bar up to heuene ure loac.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 137 A tree..Whos heihte straghte up to the hevene.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 273 He styh up to his fader.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 22569 (MED) Op to þe lift ris sal þe se.

a1400 Coer de L. 4171 The pytte..was feld and fordytte, Up to the bank maad al playn.

c1430 T. Hoccleve New Ploughman's Tale 114 Shee vp to heuene ascendid up and sty.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 15 So it was cristened Merlyn, and was delyuered to the women vpe to the wyndowe to the moder.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) John iii. f. cxxij Noo man hath ascended vppe to heven, butt he that cam doune from heven.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. P. de Mornay Woorke concerning Trewnesse Christian Relig. i. ⁋5 Like as from the Earth wee have styed up too the Ayre.

1623 W. Gouge Serm. Extent God's Provid. §15 A partition..which reached up to the floore of the garret.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 198 Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven Gate ascend.

1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 20 Let the most blessed be my guide..Up to his Holy Hill.

1799 G. S. Carey Balnea (ed. 2) 178 Whatever way you approach Ludlow, you find an ascent up to the market-place.

1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 491 When the cuttings get up to the glass,..the outer pot can be changed.

1850 D. G. Rossetti Blessed Damozel in Germ Feb. 81 The souls, mounting up to God.

(b) As high or as far as (a certain part of the body, containing vessel, penetrating weapon, etc.). For the figurative import of the phrases up to the ears, etc., see the nouns. Other figurative phrases denoting completeness or fullness are illustrated under hub n.¹ 2, knocker n. 2c, nine n. 4b, notch n. 2b.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > in height [phrase] > as high as (spec. height) > on the body, a vessel, weapon, etc.

up to ——c950

c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John ii. 7 Gefyldon ða ilca uið to briorde up.

c1175 Lambeth Hom. 47 Ieremie þe prophete stod..in þe uenne up to his muðe.

a1250 Owl & Nightingale 96 Hi fuleþ hit vp to þe chynne.

c1305 Land Cokayne 181 He mot wade..up to þe chynne So he schal þe londe winne.

1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) John ii. 7 Fille ȝe the pottis with watir. And thei filliden hem, vp to the mouth.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1594 For þe mon..Hit hym vp to þe hult.

c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 802 Vp to the Anclees foghte they in hir blood.

?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1641 With' in þe se, Vp to þe nek naked stode he.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xvii. 61 Her horses went in blood vp to the fytlokys.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. i. sig. A.iij If any woman smyle..Up is he to the harde eares in loue.

1590 E. Webbe Rare & Wonderfull Things (new ed.) sig. D^v She might haue gone vp to the mid leg in..mire.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iv. sig. F2^v Weele draw all our arrowes of reuenge vp to the head.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. i. 63 Ile run him vp to the hilts, as I am a soldier.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 108 Let vs bathe our hands in Cæsars blood Vp to the Elbowes.

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1706 The richer sort doe stand vp to the chin In delicates.

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Tot den Hecht toe, up to the Haft.

1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 64 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors They go bare-breasted, and bare-arm'd up to the Elbows.

1687 R. L'Estrange Answer to Let. to Dissenter 45 He is All, Politiques here, up to the Hilts.

1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile I. v. 106 The girls..stand up to their knees in the water for a considerable time.

1808 A. Scott Poems (ed. 2) 101 Up to the haft at ilka stroke Some clash their hooks.

1822 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 5 Jan. 1630 With white aprons and bibs..going from the apron up to the bosom.

1883 A. Robson Dead Letter ii. v Up to our Elbows making Damson Jam.

1884 C. Reade Born to Good Luck in Good Stories A neighbour's estate, mortgaged up to the eyes, was sold under the hammer.

1889 G. Stables in Boy's Own Paper 16 Nov. 103/3 The stewards were up to their eyes packing baskets and making preparations.

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1835 Lady Dufferin Charming Woman 22 Her shoulders are rather too bare, And her gown's nearly up to her knees.

1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. iv. 64 Sometimes she is so bad, her frock is up to her knees.

b. Up towards; aloft in the direction of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > specific directions > [preposition] > upwards in the direction of

up to ——c900

anovewardlOE

up till ——c1175

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) i. vii. 38 Albanus..his eagan ahof upp to heofonum.

971 Blickl. Hom. 227 He..mid his eagum up to heofenum locade.

c1000 Ælfric Genesis iv. 10 Þines broðor blod clypað up to me of eorðan.

c1220 Bestiary 187 Deme ðe noȝt wurdi, ðat tu dure loken up to ðe heuene~ward.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9342 Ȝoure riȝt honden holdeþ vp to god.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 19468 Vp to heuen he helde his honde.

c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 566 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 125 Hevand his handis vpe to þe hevyn.

1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 7 in Sylva Let vs looke vp to God, and euery man reforme his owne wayes.

1719 I. Watts Psalms of David 331 Up to the hills I lift mine eyes.

1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 204 Oh! my heart was lift to thee Like a glass up to a star.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxvii. 120 But, oh, if Mas'r could only look up,..—up to the dear Lord Jesus!

(a) So as to reach or arrive at (a particular place or person). The precise force of up varies in accordance with sense 6.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adverb]

awayeOE

forneOE

forthc1000

forthwardc1175

furtherlyc1175

toforec1330

forea1400

forwarda1400

furtherwarda1400

avauntc1400

forwardsc1400

onwardc1425

toward1426

forouth1487

up to ——1516

forth on1529

onwards1540

aheada1615

forrita1796

advancingly1820

onwardly1831

forwardly1876

society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > so as to arrive at or reach [phrase]

up to ——1516

(a)

1516 in E. Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) I. 15 If I shulde com up to London the next terme.

1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 150 Oder evill disposed persones..ben commyn vp to hym to maynteyn hym.

1592 Arden of Feversham i. i. 531 Ile vp to London straight.

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 38 When I first brought my Collection of these Things up to London.

1774 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 48 Mr. Hill's father had some thoughts of removing up to Braintree.

1810 in Milner Suppl. Mem. Eng. Catholics (1820) 153 To wait..until Bishop Gibson should come up to town.

1821 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) I. 56 Coming up to Oxford to study.

1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob xxvi In time to catch the next train up to Town.

(b)1589 R. Tomson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 581 We did vnbarke our selues and went on lande vp to the citie or head towne.1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 17 The three riuers that vagary vp to her.1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. ii. xvi. 279 The wind coming at North and by West, they could not get up to them.1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 21 When Christiana came up to the Slow of Despond.1694 London Gaz. No. 3023/1 He..could not get up again to the Fleet.1709 Tatler No. 114. ⁋1 When he came up to me, he took me by the Hand.1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. viii. 135 I was forced to swim till I got up to it [sc. the boat].1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 46 He could not get the bomb vessels up to the point of attack.1823 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War I. 171 A carriage with six mules drew up to the guard-house.1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. xii. 84 They will never catch up to that horse.

(b) As far as (a specified point).

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1832 L. Hunt Poems 193 With green up to the door.

1865 J. Earle Two Saxon Chron. p. xiii Back into the mists of high mythology,..and so up to Adam.

1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 637/1 Up to the book of Joshua all three [narratives] run side by side.

1881 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 173 483 The rostrum is very uniform up to near the front end.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [phrase] > until

up to ——1803

1803 M. Venzee Fate 187 Up to the present time.

1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 415/2 Up to 1750, he had made about two hundred tons [of zinc].

1849 D. Rock Church of our Fathers i. ii. 125 Up to the present day is still kept..this very rubric.

1864 W. Lewins Her Majesty's Mails 311 Government letters..may be posted, without extra fee, up to the latest moment.

1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. xi. 270 A comprehensible pride..keeps the forsaken man silent up to death.

elliptical.1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. xxvi. 68 By councils,—from Nicæa up to Trent.

(d) colloquial. Before (one's face).

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1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xiv. 111 She told me so, up to my face.

(e) As a task or responsibility upon (a person). Cf. up adv.² 19d.

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1908 ‘F. Danby’ Heart of Child xviii We'll let them know what is going on, and put it up to them to take action.

(a) So as to reach or attain (a specified point or stage) by action directed to an end. See also act v. 2g, to come up 20 at come v. Phrasal verbs 1, to keep up 9 at keep v. Phrasal verbs 1, to live up at live v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > intention > [adverb] > so as to reach a specific point

up to ——a1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 533 Your discontenting Father, striue to qualifie And bring him vp to liking.

1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) v. sig. C2 A verse or some such worke he may sometimes get vp to, but seldome aboue the stature of an Epigram.

1688 J. Dryden tr. D. Bouhours Life St. Francis Xavier i. 10 To Exhort them to live up to the Rules of Christianity.

1748 Biographia Britannica II. 1305 He was not unacquainted with the antient rules of Poetry, nor was he incapable of writing up to them.

1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little ii. v. 166 A Country Gentleman, who had lived, as it is called, up to his Income.

1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. 128 Boiling at different temperatures will of course communicate heat up to their boiling points.

1834 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1837) I. xx. 313 Such men do not practise up to their knowledge.

1855 Poultry Chron. 2 538/2 Without it amateurs scarcely know what points to breed up to.

1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 69 Where horses are called on to work up to their rations.

(b) So as to reach by progression or gradual rise.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > increasing in quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > so as to reach by progressive increase

up to ——17..

17.. A. Ramsay Ode Birth of Drumlanrig vii Your Prince, who late Up to the state of manhood run.

1772 Regul. H.M. Service at Sea 5 The youngest Officer shall vote first, proceeding in Order up to the President.

1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 482 Money being so flush, the six per cents run up to twenty-one and twenty-two shillings.

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the world > relative properties > quantity > [phrase] > to the amount of

to the tune of1692

up to ——1892

1892 Photogr. Ann. II. p. cl The sizes..up to and including 9 inches focus.

1910 T. A. Joyce Handbk. Ethnogr. Coll. Brit. Mus. 259 Good canoes..carrying up to thirty-six men.

e. Bridge. to lead up to: to lead in a manner which allows (a particular card or suit) to be played from the third or fourth hand. Also after the noun.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics

declare1895

promote1899

to lead up to1911

to take out1918

squeeze1926

push1927

spread1929

cash1934

overtake1939

underlead1945

finesse1960

1911 L. Leigh Blue Bk. Bridge & Auction iii. 97 In a trump deal, if the lead has been a low card the suit cannot be more than moderately strong, and the third hand..may lead up to a weak holding in Dummy's hand.

1927 L. Hattersley Contract & Auction Bridge Clarified xxv. 251 The Queen should never be led up to the Ace with the vain idea of making a finesse.

1950 G. S. Coffin Learn Bridge iv. 26 He must lead a ? away from his king up to dummy's ace-queen.

1964 R. L. Frey & A. F. Truscott Official Encycl. Bridge 655/2 The old maxim recommending a lead ‘up to weakness’ is valid but not very helpful.

1973 T. Reese & A. Dormer Compl. Bk. Bridge xvii. 223 He leads up to and not away from dummy's high cards.

单词	up to
释义	> as lemmas up to —— 26. up to ——. a. (a) As high or as far as (a specified height or altitude) by ascent or extension. ΘΚΠ the world > space > distance > [phrase] > as far as up to ——944 the length ofa1500 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > in height [phrase] > as high as (spec. height) up to ——944 944 Charter in Sweet A.S. Reader (1908) 58 Andlang dic to ðam wege þe scytt up to ðam hricgge. c1000 Ælfric Lives Saints xxvi. 183 Heofonlic leoht ofer þæt geteld astreht stod up to heofonum. a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1070 Hi..clumben upp to þe stepel. c1200 Vices & Virtues 119 He..bar up to heuene ure loac. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 137 A tree..Whos heihte straghte up to the hevene. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 273 He styh up to his fader. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Coll. Phys.) l. 22569 (MED) Op to þe lift ris sal þe se. a1400 Coer de L. 4171 The pytte..was feld and fordytte, Up to the bank maad al playn. c1430 T. Hoccleve New Ploughman's Tale 114 Shee vp to heuene ascendid up and sty. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin i. 15 So it was cristened Merlyn, and was delyuered to the women vpe to the wyndowe to the moder. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John iii. f. cxxij Noo man hath ascended vppe to heven, butt he that cam doune from heven. a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. P. de Mornay Woorke concerning Trewnesse Christian Relig. i. ⁋5 Like as from the Earth wee have styed up too the Ayre. 1623 W. Gouge Serm. Extent God's Provid. §15 A partition..which reached up to the floore of the garret. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 198 Ye Birds, That singing up to Heaven Gate ascend. View more context for this quotation 1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 20 Let the most blessed be my guide..Up to his Holy Hill. View more context for this quotation 1799 G. S. Carey Balnea (ed. 2) 178 Whatever way you approach Ludlow, you find an ascent up to the market-place. 1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 491 When the cuttings get up to the glass,..the outer pot can be changed. 1850 D. G. Rossetti Blessed Damozel in Germ Feb. 81 The souls, mounting up to God. (b) As high or as far as (a certain part of the body, containing vessel, penetrating weapon, etc.). For the figurative import of the phrases up to the ears, etc., see the nouns. Other figurative phrases denoting completeness or fullness are illustrated under hub n.¹ 2, knocker n. 2c, nine n. 4b, notch n. 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > in height [phrase] > as high as (spec. height) > on the body, a vessel, weapon, etc. up to ——c950 c950 Lindisf. Gosp. John ii. 7 Gefyldon ða ilca uið to briorde up. c1175 Lambeth Hom. 47 Ieremie þe prophete stod..in þe uenne up to his muðe. a1250 Owl & Nightingale 96 Hi fuleþ hit vp to þe chynne. c1305 Land Cokayne 181 He mot wade..up to þe chynne So he schal þe londe winne. 1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) John ii. 7 Fille ȝe the pottis with watir. And thei filliden hem, vp to the mouth. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 1594 For þe mon..Hit hym vp to þe hult. c1405 (c1385) G. Chaucer Knight's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 802 Vp to the Anclees foghte they in hir blood. ?c1450 Life St. Cuthbert (1891) l. 1641 With' in þe se, Vp to þe nek naked stode he. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xvii. 61 Her horses went in blood vp to the fytlokys. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. i. sig. A.iij If any woman smyle..Up is he to the harde eares in loue. 1590 E. Webbe Rare & Wonderfull Things (new ed.) sig. D^v She might haue gone vp to the mid leg in..mire. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe iv. sig. F2^v Weele draw all our arrowes of reuenge vp to the head. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) ii. i. 63 Ile run him vp to the hilts, as I am a soldier. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Julius Caesar (1623) iii. i. 108 Let vs bathe our hands in Cæsars blood Vp to the Elbowes. View more context for this quotation c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) v. 1706 The richer sort doe stand vp to the chin In delicates. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Tot den Hecht toe, up to the Haft. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 64 in Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors They go bare-breasted, and bare-arm'd up to the Elbows. 1687 R. L'Estrange Answer to Let. to Dissenter 45 He is All, Politiques here, up to the Hilts. 1790 J. Bruce Trav. Source Nile I. v. 106 The girls..stand up to their knees in the water for a considerable time. 1808 A. Scott Poems (ed. 2) 101 Up to the haft at ilka stroke Some clash their hooks. 1822 W. Cobbett Rural Rides in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 5 Jan. 1630 With white aprons and bibs..going from the apron up to the bosom. 1883 A. Robson Dead Letter ii. v Up to our Elbows making Damson Jam. 1884 C. Reade Born to Good Luck in Good Stories A neighbour's estate, mortgaged up to the eyes, was sold under the hammer. 1889 G. Stables in Boy's Own Paper 16 Nov. 103/3 The stewards were up to their eyes packing baskets and making preparations. (c) Raised or short so as to leave uncovered. ΚΠ 1835 Lady Dufferin Charming Woman 22 Her shoulders are rather too bare, And her gown's nearly up to her knees. 1868 L. M. Alcott Little Women I. iv. 64 Sometimes she is so bad, her frock is up to her knees. b. Up towards; aloft in the direction of. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [preposition] > upwards in the direction of up to ——c900 anovewardlOE up till ——c1175 c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) i. vii. 38 Albanus..his eagan ahof upp to heofonum. 971 Blickl. Hom. 227 He..mid his eagum up to heofenum locade. c1000 Ælfric Genesis iv. 10 Þines broðor blod clypað up to me of eorðan. c1220 Bestiary 187 Deme ðe noȝt wurdi, ðat tu dure loken up to ðe heuene~ward. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 9342 Ȝoure riȝt honden holdeþ vp to god. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 19468 Vp to heuen he helde his honde. c1480 (a1400) St. John Evangelist 566 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 125 Hevand his handis vpe to þe hevyn. 1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 7 in Sylva Let vs looke vp to God, and euery man reforme his owne wayes. 1719 I. Watts Psalms of David 331 Up to the hills I lift mine eyes. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 204 Oh! my heart was lift to thee Like a glass up to a star. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxvii. 120 But, oh, if Mas'r could only look up,..—up to the dear Lord Jesus! c. (a) So as to reach or arrive at (a particular place or person). The precise force of up varies in accordance with sense 6. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > forward movement > [adverb] awayeOE forneOE forthc1000 forthwardc1175 furtherlyc1175 toforec1330 forea1400 forwarda1400 furtherwarda1400 avauntc1400 forwardsc1400 onwardc1425 toward1426 forouth1487 up to ——1516 forth on1529 onwards1540 aheada1615 forrita1796 advancingly1820 onwardly1831 forwardly1876 society > travel > aspects of travel > arrival > so as to arrive at or reach [phrase] up to ——1516 (a) 1516 in E. Lodge Illustr. Brit. Hist. (1791) I. 15 If I shulde com up to London the next terme. 1518 in I. S. Leadam Select Cases Star Chamber (1911) II. 150 Oder evill disposed persones..ben commyn vp to hym to maynteyn hym. 1592 Arden of Feversham i. i. 531 Ile vp to London straight. 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 38 When I first brought my Collection of these Things up to London. 1774 A. Adams in J. Adams & A. Adams Familiar Lett. (1876) 48 Mr. Hill's father had some thoughts of removing up to Braintree. 1810 in Milner Suppl. Mem. Eng. Catholics (1820) 153 To wait..until Bishop Gibson should come up to town. 1821 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) I. 56 Coming up to Oxford to study. 1889 ‘J. S. Winter’ Mrs. Bob xxvi In time to catch the next train up to Town. (b)1589 R. Tomson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 581 We did vnbarke our selues and went on lande vp to the citie or head towne.1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 17 The three riuers that vagary vp to her.1659 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age ii. ii. xvi. 279 The wind coming at North and by West, they could not get up to them.1684 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 2nd Pt. 21 When Christiana came up to the Slow of Despond.1694 London Gaz. No. 3023/1 He..could not get up again to the Fleet.1709 Tatler No. 114. ⁋1 When he came up to me, he took me by the Hand.1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. i. viii. 135 I was forced to swim till I got up to it [sc. the boat].1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 46 He could not get the bomb vessels up to the point of attack.1823 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War I. 171 A carriage with six mules drew up to the guard-house.1888 F. Hume Madame Midas i. xii. 84 They will never catch up to that horse. (b) As far as (a specified point). ΚΠ 1832 L. Hunt Poems 193 With green up to the door. 1865 J. Earle Two Saxon Chron. p. xiii Back into the mists of high mythology,..and so up to Adam. 1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 637/1 Up to the book of Joshua all three [narratives] run side by side. 1881 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 173 483 The rostrum is very uniform up to near the front end. (c) Till, until (a specified time). In frequent use from c1835. Cf. up to date adv. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [phrase] > until up to ——1803 1803 M. Venzee Fate 187 Up to the present time. 1845 Encycl. Metrop. VIII. 415/2 Up to 1750, he had made about two hundred tons [of zinc]. 1849 D. Rock Church of our Fathers i. ii. 125 Up to the present day is still kept..this very rubric. 1864 W. Lewins Her Majesty's Mails 311 Government letters..may be posted, without extra fee, up to the latest moment. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors II. xi. 270 A comprehensible pride..keeps the forsaken man silent up to death. elliptical.1851 E. B. Browning Casa Guidi Windows i. xxvi. 68 By councils,—from Nicæa up to Trent. (d) colloquial. Before (one's face). ΚΠ 1862 A. Trollope Orley Farm II. xiv. 111 She told me so, up to my face. (e) As a task or responsibility upon (a person). Cf. up adv.² 19d. ΚΠ 1908 ‘F. Danby’ Heart of Child xviii We'll let them know what is going on, and put it up to them to take action. d. (a) So as to reach or attain (a specified point or stage) by action directed to an end. See also act v. 2g, to come up 20 at come v. Phrasal verbs 1, to keep up 9 at keep v. Phrasal verbs 1, to live up at live v.¹ Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > [adverb] > so as to reach a specific point up to ——a1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) iv. iv. 533 Your discontenting Father, striue to qualifie And bring him vp to liking. View more context for this quotation 1629 J. Earle Micro-cosmogr. (ed. 5) v. sig. C2 A verse or some such worke he may sometimes get vp to, but seldome aboue the stature of an Epigram. 1688 J. Dryden tr. D. Bouhours Life St. Francis Xavier i. 10 To Exhort them to live up to the Rules of Christianity. 1748 Biographia Britannica II. 1305 He was not unacquainted with the antient rules of Poetry, nor was he incapable of writing up to them. 1751 F. Coventry Hist. Pompey the Little ii. v. 166 A Country Gentleman, who had lived, as it is called, up to his Income. 1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. iv. 128 Boiling at different temperatures will of course communicate heat up to their boiling points. 1834 J. H. Newman Parochial Serm. (1837) I. xx. 313 Such men do not practise up to their knowledge. 1855 Poultry Chron. 2 538/2 Without it amateurs scarcely know what points to breed up to. 1908 Animal Managem. (War Office) 69 Where horses are called on to work up to their rations. (b) So as to reach by progression or gradual rise. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > increase in quantity, amount, or degree > increasing in quantity, amount, or degree [phrase] > so as to reach by progressive increase up to ——17.. 17.. A. Ramsay Ode Birth of Drumlanrig vii Your Prince, who late Up to the state of manhood run. 1772 Regul. H.M. Service at Sea 5 The youngest Officer shall vote first, proceeding in Order up to the President. 1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 482 Money being so flush, the six per cents run up to twenty-one and twenty-two shillings. (c) As many or as much as; including all below (a specified number, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > [phrase] > to the amount of to the tune of1692 up to ——1892 1892 Photogr. Ann. II. p. cl The sizes..up to and including 9 inches focus. 1910 T. A. Joyce Handbk. Ethnogr. Coll. Brit. Mus. 259 Good canoes..carrying up to thirty-six men. e. Bridge. to lead up to: to lead in a manner which allows (a particular card or suit) to be played from the third or fourth hand. Also after the noun. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > bridge > [verb (transitive)] > actions or tactics declare1895 promote1899 to lead up to1911 to take out1918 squeeze1926 push1927 spread1929 cash1934 overtake1939 underlead1945 finesse1960 1911 L. Leigh Blue Bk. Bridge & Auction iii. 97 In a trump deal, if the lead has been a low card the suit cannot be more than moderately strong, and the third hand..may lead up to a weak holding in Dummy's hand. 1927 L. Hattersley Contract & Auction Bridge Clarified xxv. 251 The Queen should never be led up to the Ace with the vain idea of making a finesse. 1950 G. S. Coffin Learn Bridge iv. 26 He must lead a ? away from his king up to dummy's ace-queen. 1964 R. L. Frey & A. F. Truscott Official Encycl. Bridge 655/2 The old maxim recommending a lead ‘up to weakness’ is valid but not very helpful. 1973 T. Reese & A. Dormer Compl. Bk. Bridge xvii. 223 He leads up to and not away from dummy's high cards. extracted from upadv.¹ up to —— up to ——extracted from upadv.² < as lemmas
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