Up On

Definition: Up On

Up On

Adjective

1. Being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge; "kept abreast of the latest developments"; "constant revision keeps the book au courant"; "always au fait on the latest events"; "up on the news".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Up On

Verticality

Adverb: vertically; Adjective: up, on end; up on end, right on end; a plomb, endwise; one one's legs; at right angles.

Crosswords: Up On

-- or she'll end up on the street! (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce)

I could brush up on my English, or bring along an interpreter, that is if they'd let in a movie actor. (Singin' in the Rain; writing credit: Betty Comden; Adolph Green)

I'm telling you this guy is protected from up on high by the Prince of Darkness. (The Usual Suspects; writing credit: Christopher McQuarrie.)

Whoa, you kinda snuck up on me there (Mr. Deeds; writing credit: Clarence Budington Kell; Robert Riskin)

Somebody saw a cockroach up on twelfth. (Ghostbusters; writing credit: Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.)

Let's go up on the roof (Up On the Roof; performing artist: James Taylor)

I'm up on the Presidential Podium (Loves Me Like a Rock; performing artist: Paul Simon; writing credit: Paul Simon)

They wind up on skid row with holes in their pockets (Wall Street Shuffle; performing artist: 10CC)

Well life has a funny way of sneaking up on you (Ironic; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

He wound up on the wrong end of a gun. ("Ramblin' Man"; performing artist: Allman Brothers Band)

Prevent truth decay. Brush up on your Bible. (references; author: unknown)

42.7 percent of all statistics are made up on the spot. (references; author: unknown)

I Haven't Lost My Mind, It's Backed Up On Disk Somewhere. (references; author: unknown)

One Up on Two (2001)

Up On the Roof (1997)

Growing Up on Broadway (1984)

Up on the Roof (performing artist: James Taylor)

Up On The Roof (performing artist: The Drifters)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Ambergris & Arrowheads: Growing Up on Cape Cod in the 1930's & 1940'2 (reference)

• Ten Apples Up on Top! (reference)

• My Long Island Growing Up on Hal Fullerton's Blessed Isle (reference)

• Line Up on the Line (Homonyms) (reference)

• Down on the Island, Up on the Main: A Recollected History of South Bristol, Maine (reference)

  (more book examples)

Music

• Don't Give Up on Me (reference)

• Pick Up on This! (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

A breakfast is set up on a blue and white striped tablecloth, including: a yellow bowl of cereal with raspberries, a glass of orange juice and a glass mug of tea. Also on the table are a brightly colored napkin and silverware in the foreground and a folded newspaper in the background. A second slide shows the same objects from a different angle. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

A dinner is set up on black, gold-rimmed dishes on a black tabletop. There is a mug, a bowl of cut strawberries, and a plate full of green beans, small potatoes and roast beef. A dark multicolored napkin with gold thread is curved around the plate. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

A dust storm kicks up on Mars. Credit: NASA.

Bamberg transit set up on Guatemala - El Salvador border Border determined by C&GS Astro party of Ralph W. Woodworth. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Wiredrag hung up on obstruction at buoy no. 4 Note "V" of buoy path characteristic of obstruction discovery Wiredrag party off of EXPLORER. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A cruise ship tied up on the San Francisco waterfront. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Boats pulled up on the beach at a small-scale fishing port. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Without buildings and markers, it would be difficult to tell which way is up on this gray day. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Commander Junius Jarman, C&GS, catching up on a little reading. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Shrimp boats tied up on the Padre island side of the JFK Causeway. Credit: Fisheries.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Clause 3: No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

I'd love to stay and help you save the Galaxy, insisted Zaphod, rising himself up on to his shoulders, "but I have the mother and father of a pair of headaches, and I feel a lot of little headaches coming on."

She stretched up on tiptoe and looked at herself in it.

Getting up on the cars in the early wintry morning outside the door of the castle.

A plump tortoise shell cat leaped up on the counter and stalked lazily near to him.

Yet we think that if rail fences are pulled down, and stone walls piled up on our farms, bounds are henceforth set to our lives and our fates decided.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

They use measures to check up on and improve the quality of care they provide. (references)

Cholesterol and fat, circulating in the blood, build up on the walls of the arteries. (references)

Infarctions generally show up on a CT scan about 6 to 8 hours after the start of stroke symptoms. (references)

Business

The most successful foreign food processing equipment companies have established representative offices or agents in Poland which constantly keep up on market trends and have close contacts with the local food processing industry. (references)

The DIC will officially open up on 29 October 2000. It has been reported that a number of major companies within the industry plan on locating within the DIC which is being set up as a free zone. The DIC has already initiated two contests. (references)

The DLT has established the standards for the condition of the vehicles and will have official inspectors to check up on these centers to ensure that standards are met. At present the DLT is still in the process of training mechanics and technicians from the private auto service centers. (references)

Civil Liberties

Kenya

The Commission is no longer functioning, and the Government took no action to follow up on the report. (references)

Kazakhstan

Some outlets have published or aired commentaries highly critical of the Government, its policies, or its leaders without consequence, while others have been brought up on charges based on violation of the media law. (references)

Economic History

West Bank

Other local companies are also picking up on this new trend. (references)

Human Rights

Panama

During the year, the PTJ hired 35 paralegals responsible for following up on detention cases. (references)

Brazil

His first actions were to empty the most problematic FEBEM facility, Parelheiros, and follow up on complaints of maltreatment by both FEBEM guards and inmates. (references)

Haiti

Local human rights organizations report that the OPC does not play an active role in following up on human rights complaints, and they do not view the office as an advocate or an interlocutor with the Government. (references)

Indigenous People

Malaysia

The Government urged the states to follow up on Daim's announcement. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

In recent years the Ukrainian government has not followed up on publicly announced intentions to reduce the number of zones in Ukraine. (references)

Travel

Jamaica

Mark up on food items varies between 10 percent (wholesale) and 25 percent (retail). (references)

Worker Rights

Belgium

Boys who failed to gain a contract sometimes were abandoned by their agents and ended up on the streets. (references)

Fiji

There are only two inspectors at the Ministry of Labor, and there are no investigators to follow up on claims or reports. (references)

Albania

Nevertheless, the Ministry of Public Order failed to follow up on high-profile trafficking and corruption investigations, and the Office of Internal Control did not prosecute any police officers for corruption. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "up on": be hung up on ♦ be hung up on smb. ♦ beat up on ♦ bone up on ♦ catch up on ♦ catch up on a backlog of one's work ♦ check up on ♦ check up on smb. ♦ creep up on ♦ double up on ♦ even up on ♦ fix up on ♦ follow up on ♦ gang up on ♦ gang up on smb. ♦ gaze up on ♦ hang up on smb. ♦ lay up on a party ♦ let up on ♦ make up on ♦ take smb. up on a point ♦ take smb. up on it ♦ turn thumbs up on. Additional references.

Afrikaans

kontroleer (audit, check, check up on, supervise, verify). (various references)

Albanian

formoj bandë (gang, gang up on). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تقدم (advance, advanced, advancement, advantage, antecedence, ascent, break through, career, careerist, come on, crowd, descend, development, evolution, forge ahead, forward, gain ground, gain one's destination, get along, get forward, get on, get up, go ahead, go up, going, head, headway, improvement, keep step, lead, make up on, march, move along, move in, onward, precede, priority, proceed, procession, progress, progression, promotion, propulsion, pull ahead, rise, seniority, shape, shoot ahead, speed, stem, step, superiority, take steps, upturn, way, work up to), ‏تجمع ضد (gang up on), ‏إتحد معا (gang up on), ‏إجتمع (assemble, congregate, convene, gang up on, get together, herd with, meet, muster, reunite, summon), ‏أكد (accentuate, affirm, assert, asseverate, assure, aver, avouch, bear out, check up on, confirm, contend, corroborate, declare, double check, emphasize, predicate, proclaim, profess, protest, punctuate, show, substantiate, swear, underline, underscore, vouch, warrant), ‏ألحق ب (catch up on, go in, join, overtake), ‏راجع (check, check up on, consult, contact, go over, reassess, returnable, review, revise). (various references)

Bulgarian 

осведомявам се (ask about, catch up on, enquire, inquire, orientate). (various references)

Chinese 

考� � (examine; check up on), �"消 (dispel, give up on), 上台 (go up on the theater stage, rise to authority), 不摸� � (not acquainted with the situation, not up on things). (various references)

Czech

vyřídit resty (catch up on a backlog of one's work), spolèit se proti (gang up on), spiknout se proti nìkomu (gang up on smb.), položit komu telefon (hang up on smb.), informovat se o kom (check up on smb.), dohnat co (catch up on), být do koho zabouchnutý (be gone on smb., be hung up on smb., have a crush on smb.). (various references)

Danish

kontrolere (audit, check, check up on, supervise, verify). (various references)

Dutch

toezien (audit, check, check up on, consider, deem, keep, look, mind, observe, regard, supervise, verify, view, watch), surveilleren (audit, check, check up on, supervise, verify), statistieken van de buitenlandse handel, opgesteld aan de hand van onderling vergelijkbare klassificaties (foreign trade statistics drawn up on the basis of comparable classification), reserves aanspreken (to dip into the reserves, to draw up on the reserves, to encroach on the reserves), op reserves interen (to dip into the reserves, to draw up on the reserves, to encroach on the reserves), nakýken (audit, check, check up on, examine, follow up with one's eyes, look after, revise, supervise, verify), de vlokken in breukvlakken van vervormde produkten zien eruit als lichte lenzen waarvan de diameter varieert tussen 1 mm en enkele centimeters (the diameter of which varies from 1 mm to several centimetres, the flakes show up on the fracture surface of worked products as pale lenses), controleren (audit, check, check up on, supervise, verify), checken (audit, check, check up on, supervise, verify), aflezen (audit, check, check up on, read, read out, supervise, verify). (various references)

Esperanto

kontroli (audit, check, check up on, supervise, verify). (various references)

Faeroese

kanna (accredit, audit, check, check up on, examine, explore, investigate, jug, pitcher, research, study, supervise, verify), hava eftirlit við (audit, check, check up on, supervise, verify). (various references)

Finnish

tarkastaa (audit, check, check up on, examine, go through, inspect, look over, observe, review, revise, supervise, test, verify, watch), perehtynyt (acquainted with, familiar with, steeped in, versed in, well up on). (various references)

French

vérifier (check up, check up on), surveiller (check up on, follow up), se mettre � plusieurs contre qn (gang up on), se liguer contre (gang up against smb., gang up on), recourir aux réserves (to draw up on the reserves), réviser (check up on, update, upgrade), prendre sur les réserves (to draw up on the reserves), lorsqu'on réchauffe une telle structure, il apparaît, par un mécanisme non encore complètement élucidé, des germes de recristallisation qui grossissent, c'est-� -dire que les atomes des blocs environnants s'alignent sur le réseau Cristallographique (i.e. the atoms in the surrounding blocks line up on the crystal lattice of the nucleus), l'instrumentation est réalisée sous forme modulaire (the measurement system is built up on the modular pattern), les statistiques du commerce extérieur élaborées � partir de classifications comparables (foreign trade statistics drawn up on the basis of comparable classification), les flocons apparaissent sur la cassure des produits corroyés comme des lentilles claires (the flakes show up on the fracture surface of worked products as pale lenses), décider (make up on, make up one's mind), confirmer (check up on, uphold), avoir recours aux réserves (to draw up on the reserves), être prisonnier de qch (catch up on). (various references)

Frisian

kontrolearje (audit, check, check up on, supervise, verify). (various references)

German

etwas wieder auffrischen (to brush up on something). (various references)

Greek 

όταν μια δομή αυτού του τύπου αναθερμανθεί,εμφανίζονται,μέσω ενός μηχανισμού που δεν έχει ακόμη κατανοηθεί πλήρως,πυρήνες ανακρυστάλλωση� (i.e. the atoms in the surrounding blocks line up on the crystal lattice of the nucleus, recrystallization nuclei appear by a mechanism which is not yet clearly understood and these nuclei grow, when a structure of this kind is reheated), ξεσκονίζω (brush the dust off, brush up on, dust), ελέγχω (audit, check, check over, check up, check up on, control, cross-match, inspect, managing, test), οι νιφάδες εμφανίζονται στην επιφάνεια της ρωγμής κατεργασμένων προϊόντων ως ανοικτόχρωμοι φακοί,η διάμετρος των οποίων ποικίλει απο 1 mm μ (the diameter of which varies from 1 mm to several centimetres, the flakes show up on the fracture surface of worked products as pale lenses). (various references)

Hebrew 

לו�"א (ascertain, authenticate, certify, check up on, confirm, ensure, make certain, make sure, verify), ל�"תלכ�" � �'�" (gang up on), ל�'מור (catch up on, cease, complete, conclude, end, finish, terminate). (various references)

Hungarian

rövid pórázra fog (to tie up on a short leash), megharagít vkit (to get sy up on his ears), harmadik sebességre kapcsol (to go up on high), felszereli magát vmivel (to stock up on sg), felbosszant vkit (to get a rise out of sy, to get sy angry, to get sy up on his ears, to make sy angry, to put sy in a paddy, to rough sy up the wrong way, to stir sy's bile, to take a rise out of sy), ellátja magát vmivel (to stock up on sg), elér vkit (to pick up on sy). (various references)

Indonesian

menumpuki (accumulate, hoard, pile up on top of something), menggerebek (come up on someone unawares, raid something). (various references)

Italian

utilizzare le riserve (to dip into the reserves, to draw up on the reserves, to encroach on the reserves), verificare (ascertain, audit, check, check up on, come true, control, happen, overhaul, predictate, prove, supervise, toggle, try, verify), ricorrere alle riserve (to dip into the reserves, to draw up on the reserves, to encroach on the reserves), Quando si torna a riscaldare una struttura di questo tipo si formano, per un meccanismo ancora non interamente chiarito, dei germi di ricristallizzazione che si accrescono, ossia gli atomi dei blocchetti adiacenti si associanodisponendosi ordinatamente su (i.e. the atoms in the surrounding blocks line up on the crystal lattice of the nucleus, recrystallization nuclei appear by a mechanism which is not yet clearly understood and these nuclei grow, when a structure of this kind is reheated), mettere mano alle riserve (to dip into the reserves, to draw up on the reserves, to encroach on the reserves), le statistiche del commercio estero elaborate sulla base di classificazioni raffrontabili (foreign trade statistics drawn up on the basis of comparable classification), la strumentazione è realizzata sotto forma modulare (the measurement system is built up on the modular pattern), intaccare le riserve (to dip into the reserves, to draw up on the reserves, to encroach on the reserves), I fiocchi si presentano con aspetto lenticolare chiaro con diametri da 1 mm ad alcuni centimetri sulla superficie di frattura dei manufatti lavorati plasticamente (the diameter of which varies from 1 mm to several centimetres, the flakes show up on the fracture surface of worked products as pale lenses), far ricorso alle riserve (to dip into the reserves, to draw up on the reserves, to encroach on the reserves), controllare (audit, check, check up on, command, control, control oneself, examine, govern, inspect, monitor, overlook, school, supervise, verify, vet). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

袋叩き (beat someone up by ganging up on). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

しまそ� ち (brought up on an island), ふくろ� たき (beat someone up by ganging up on), のる (to appear, to be found in, to be in harmony with, to be mentioned in, to be recorded, to be taken in, to board, to feel like doing, to get on, to get up on, to join, to mount, to ride in, to share in, to spread), つかす (to be disgusted with, to give up on), かい� め (hoarding, stocking up on), あらいたてる (to check up on, to examine closely, to ferret out, to wash carefully), やねにあがる (to go up on the roof). (various references)

Papiamen

kontrolá (audit, check, check up on, supervise, verify), chèk (audit, check, check up on, cheque, supervise, verify). (various references)

Pig Latin

upay onay

Portuguese

examinar (assay, canvass, catechize, check, check up on, cross, discuss, enquire, examine, explore, eye, go over, have out, inquire, inspect, look, look over, look through, overhaul, peruse, probe, question, quiz, run over, scan, test, traverse, turn out, verify, vet, view). (various references)

Russian 

устроить вечеринку (give a party, lay up on a party), обрушиваться на (befall, belabor, belabour, gang up on, rip into), наброситься на (fall on, fly at, gang up on), закончить (be through with, bring to a close, catch up on). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

napasti nekoga (attack, gang up on, have one's fling, lash), nadoknaditi nešto (catch up on). (various references)

Spanish

controlar (audit, censor, censure, check, check up on, control, direct, get under, monitor, supervise, talk down, talk through, verify), revisar (audit, check, check over, check up on, examine, go over, inspect, look at, look over, overhaul, revise, service, supervise, verify, vet), registrar (audit, check, check up on, clock, enrol, enroll, enter, examine, file, inspect, list, look through, minute, record, register, ring up, schedule, search, show, supervise, tackle, verify, write down). (various references)

Swedish

vara mildare mot (let up on), ta igen (catch up on), kontrollera (audit, check, check out, check up, check up on, control, go over, monitor, screen, supervise, verify, visit), gadda sig samman (gang up on), gadda ihop sig (gang up on), besiktiga (audit, check, check up on, examine, inspect, supervise, survey, verify, view). (various references)

Thai

ค่อยๆเคลื่อนเข้าใกล้ (sneak up on). (various references)

Turkish

kafayı takmak (be hung up on, be obsessed with), alacağı vereceği kalmamak (even up on), anlaşmak (agree, bargain, be in rapport with, close, come to an agreement, come to terms, compound, compromise, concert, conspire, cotton, covenant, fix on, fix up on, get along, get along with, getting on with, go along, hit it off with smb., keep in with, make a bargain, reach an agreement, settle, settle with, strike a bargain), bölüşmek (divide up, double up on, go snacks, share, share out, split), birine karşı birlik olmak (gang up on), dik dik bakmak (fix, gaze, gaze at, gaze on, gaze up on, glare, stare, stare at), fit olmak (be quits, even up on, get quits with), gözden geçirmek (browse, canvass, check, check up, check up on, dip into, examine into, flick through, have a look at, look at, look over, look through, pass smth. in review, review, revise, see over, sift), iddiaya girmek (bet, go, take smb. up on it), çok çalışmak (bang away, bone up on, mug, mug up, slog, slog away, swot, swot up, try hard, work very hard), kabul etmek (accede, accept, acknowledge, acquiesce, admit, adopt, affiliate, agree, allow, approve, assent, avow oneself, be sold on, certify, consent, enfranchise, enrol, fall in with, Favor, favour, go along with, grant, have, honor, honour, own, receive, recognize, regard as, say yes, settle for, sustain, take, take in, thole, turn thumbs up on, witness), yetişmek (catch, catch up, catch up on, come up with, draw up, equal, grow, hand up, keep up with, overtake, pull up, pull up to, pull up with, reach, run smb. close), kararlaştırmak (agree, appoint, arrange, concert, decide, determine, fix, fix on, fix up on, set, settle, slate), komplekse kapılmak (be hung up on), kontrol etmek (audit, check, check out, check up, check up on, choke back, choke down, command, control, explore, govern, inspect, keep tabs on, see over, superintend, test), paylaşmak (cast in, divide, divvy, divvy up, double up, double up on, go shares, go snacks, partake, participate of, share, share out, split, whack up), tamamlamak (bring to completion, button up, catch up on, clear up, complement, complete, consummate, do, eke out, finalize, finish, fulfil, fulfill, go through with, implement, integrate, perfect, round off, round out, serve out, supplement, take up, work off, work up), telefonu suratına kapamak (hang up on smb.), tutturmak (attach, be hung up on, bind, bond, braid, clasp, clip, fasten, hasp, infix, insist, latch, pin, rub in, seam together, stereotype, stick, stick together, tack, tack together), yakalamak (account, bag, catch, catch hold of, catch up on, claw hold of, clutch, collar, cop, embrace, entrap, get hold of, grab, grapple, grasp, grip, hook, intercept, nab, nail, nobble, overtake, pinch, pull up to, seize, seize on, snap up, snatch, tackle, take, take up, trap), ineklemek (bone up on, cram, dig, grind, mug, mug up, swot). (various references)

Zulu

ukuhlola (audit, check, check up on, supervise, verify). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: upon.

-1 letter: pun, upo.

-2 letters: no, nu, on, op, un, up.

+1 letter: jupon, pound, punto, puton, yupon.

+2 letters: coupon, inpour, jupons, loupen, oppugn, pluton, popgun, pounce, pounds, puntos, putons, unipod, unopen, unstop, uptorn, uptown, yaupon, youpon, yupons.

+3 letters: apolune, couping, coupons, euphony, eupnoea, expound, grownup, impound, ingroup, inpours, louping, nonplus, nonuple, oppugns, opulent, opuntia, outplan, outspan, pandour, pantoum, pleuron, plutons, popguns, pounced, pouncer, pounces, poundal, pounded, pounder, pouring, pouting, pronoun, puccoon, pulsion, purloin, putdown, roundup, rouping, soupcon, souping, spinous, spinout, spumone, spumoni, sunspot, unhoped, unipods, unposed, unroped, unspoke, unstops, upborne, upbound, upfront, upgoing, upgrown, upsilon, uptowns, utopian, yaupons, youpons.

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