up and down meaning

up and down as an adverb

1. moving backward and forward along a given course
   • he walked up and down the locker room
   • all up and down the Eastern seaboard
2. alternately upward and downward
   • he eyed him up and down

up and down in a sentence

• The workmen were climbing up and down the ladder.
• He was walking up and down the station platform.
• A helicopter is able to take off and land straight up and down.
• In an earthquake, the ground can shake up and down, or back and forth.
• We went up and down in the elevator.

How to pronounce up and down

up and down is pronounced /ʌp ənd daʊn/ in British English and /ʌp ənd daʊn/ in American English. It has 3 syllables.