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up and down

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upward and downward, alternately

the tide goes up and down
my blood pressure goes up and down

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up and down

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alternately forwards and backwards along a path

walk up and down the corridor

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up and down

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Vertical; perpendicular; said of the cable when the anchor is under, or nearly under, the hawse hole, and the cable is taut.

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