up and

phrase

informal

: to do something specified in a sudden and unexpected way

(U.S.) One day, he just up and left home.

Then she ups and marries some guy she'd just met.

One day, he just upped and left home.

Examples of up and in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To further speed the process, Knaus is adding a fourth register and introducing an online ordering system that should be up and running in November. — Connie Ogle october 1, Miami Herald, 1 Oct. 2026

However, that computer system isn't expected to be up and running until next year, leaving students like Zulick to track down and submit the correct paperwork to prove their college enrollment. — Aaron Bolton, NPR, 30 Sep. 2026

Groups of players flew up and down the floor in both directions, rebounding, running and passing ahead to teammates for transition 3-pointers and layups. — Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 30 Sep. 2026

Central banks were mostly set up initially to backstop banks and eventually began trying to regulate the temperature of economies by tweaking the cost of their funding by moving their overnight interest rates up and down. — Robin Wigglesworth, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for up and

• armband
• backhand
• bandstand
• baseband
• broadband
• command
• cropland
• demand
• disband
• dreamland
• expand
• farmhand