local attraction
noun
Magnetic attraction resulting from some nearby object rather than from the earth's magnetic field.
Origin
Late 18th century.
- up to speed
- (up) to the hilt
- up to the mark
- up to the minute
- up to the (or one's) eyeballs
- up to the (or one's) eyes (in)
- uptown
- uptowner
- uptrend
- upturn
- UPU
- uPVC
- upvote
- upward
- upwardly
- upwardly mobile
- upwardly (or downwardly) mobile
- upward mobility
- upwards
- upwards (or upward) of
- upwarp
- upweight
- upwelling
- upwind
- up with ——