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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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UP ON
Hello friends,
I have a doubt on this sentence about this UP ON:
'Terri managed to get me on a live radio folk extravaganza broadcast from Riverside Church up on Riverside Drive'
It wants to say that Riverside Church is in Riverside Drive?
Up there?
Thanks in advance, Jo.
I have a doubt on this sentence about this UP ON:
'Terri managed to get me on a live radio folk extravaganza broadcast from Riverside Church up on Riverside Drive'
It wants to say that Riverside Church is in Riverside Drive?
Up there?
Thanks in advance, Jo.
Top answer
It means that Riverside Church is on Riverside Drive.
- It means that Riverside Church is on Riverside Drive.
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And "uptown." Of course, it depends on what city you're in what's "uptown" and what's "downtown."
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I think this is another regional usage in the US. Perhaps used most frequently in the South.
Reminded me of that old song by The Band called "Up On Cripple Creek."
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
If I spring a leak she mends me
I don't have to speak she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
The words "up on" may indicate a high l
Reminded me of that old song by The Band called "Up On Cripple Creek."
Up on Cripple Creek she sends me
If I spring a leak she mends me
I don't have to speak she defends me
A drunkard's dream if I ever did see one
The words "up on" may indicate a high l
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