" Sometimes "down" is toward the city center, as in downtown and uptown. Sometimes "up" is approaching, and "down" is receding. She is coming up the hill.
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fatimah0786All the sentences are from Oscar Wilde's bookIf you had mentioned this in your post, we could have given you a better answer.
fatimah0786Ram lives down the block from usHe lives about one block away. That is a short distance.
fatimah0786He is running down the streetActually, "up" and "down" are the only prepositions that fit to indicate the direction he is going in.