on the up
idiom
chiefly British
: moving toward an improved or better state
After a slow period, sales are on the up.
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As a result, domestic industries remain attractive to UBS, especially given earnings appear to be on the up.
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Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Rich burgundy While chocolate brown might be getting marginally more love right now, its sister, burgundy, is on the up and up this October.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, in July, YouGov/The Economist polling found that Trump's favorability among Gen Z was on the up.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
This would presumably keep the AGI-managing entity on the up and up.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Tasmin Lockwood, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2025
Rich burgundy While chocolate brown might be getting marginally more love right now, its sister, burgundy, is on the up and up this October.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 8 Oct. 2025
Meanwhile, in July, YouGov/The Economist polling found that Trump's favorability among Gen Z was on the up.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
This would presumably keep the AGI-managing entity on the up and up.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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“On the up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20up. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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