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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

problem in definition of ''up''

0I couldn't understand the following parts of definition of 01b01i01font00up02font02i02b00 in Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, so please help me: 02br
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01b01i01font01sup00102sup00up02font02i02b00: 01b00702b00: in or into storage: BY <lay up supplies>02br
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01b01i01font01sup00302sup00up02font02i02b00: 01b002a02b00: in a direction regarded as being toward or near the upper end or part of <lives a few miles up the coast> <walked up the street>0-
  

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02br 02br 00But, I know you want to, so I'll help (just for fun). In 01font 01b 01sup 00302sup 00up02b 02font 00, the up shows a direction, but this has no connection to actual direction. Basketball players run up and down the court.

— Old Man Gordon

  • 02br 02br 00But, I know you want to, so I'll help (just for fun).
  • In 01font 01b 01sup 00302sup 00up02b 02font 00, the up shows a direction, but this has no connection to actual direction.
  • Basketball players run up and down the court.
  • Generally, I like to think that 'up' is away, and down is back toward me.
  • But that's really not true.
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0In idioms, often the preposition is indefinable, so you shouldn't focus on it.02br
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00But, I know you want to, so I'll help (just for fun). In 01font01b01sup00302sup00up02b02font00, the up shows a direction, but this has no connection to actual direction. Basketball players run up and do
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11b11i11font11sup10112sup10up12font12i12b10: 11b10712b10: in or into storage: BY <lay up supplies>12br
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10What does 01i00lay up supplies02i00
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0 put aside/by, stored/saved01b02br
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00 lay up02b02br
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00 Function: 01i00transitive verb02br
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02i00 01b00102b00 01b00:02b00 to save or put by for future use 01b00:02b00 store up 01b00:02b
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