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单词 up-and-up
释义 up-and-up
\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷\ noun
Etymology: up (I)
1. : an honest or respectable course — used chiefly in the phrase on the up-and-up
 < it's on the up-and-up. Go ahead and start your investigation — Erle Stanley Gardner >
 < an occupation of free love considered strictly on the up-and-up — Hendrik de Leeuw >
2. : an upward course especially toward an improved state — used chiefly in the phrase on the up-and-up
 < business was on the up-and-up all through 1936 — Benjamin Stolberg >
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