The problem with "UP"

[USALiberal]

https://www.tysknews.com/LiteStuff/up.htm


There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any other
two-letter word, and that is "UP."

It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the
list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP?
Why do we speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why is it
UP to the secretary to write UP a report?

We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the
silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen.
We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

At other times the little word has real special meaning.
People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and
think UP excuses.

To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.

And this UP is confusing:
A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.

We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!

To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP in the
dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4th of the
page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.

If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many ways UP
is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP.
When the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP.
When it rains, it wets UP the earth.
When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.

One could go on and on, but I'll wrap it UP,
for now my time is UP, so....

Time to shut UP....!

[jberryhill]

1. Set is like that too

Not only does "set" have more definitions, but it goes both ways with "up". If you get set up, you might get upset.

Come to think of it, "setup" means to assemble, while "upset" means to knock down.

[Stargleamer]

2. Well, up does have an upside to it. . .

Feeling up to the task sure beats feeling down. Also, the 5th dimension's up, up and away was a nice upbeat song.

[A HERETIC I AM]

3. "I don't do UPS. I do DOWNS........

Sit down, lay down, gimme a cheeseburger and I'll wolf it down. Put on some music and I'll boogie down
But I don't do ups
Ups defy gravity. Gravity is a law. I OBEY the law"

- The late John Pinette

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[Ferrets are Cool]

4. I thought you were gonna give a movie review. nm

[LeftInTX]

5. I wouldn't want to spend winter in UP

Upper Pennsula of Michigan
Utter Pradash is the other UP.. ( Northern India)