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not up

Adjective

Meaning

not up (not comparable)

(tennis) Of the ball, having bounced twice. Usually called by the umpire in situations where it is unclear if the ball has bounced a second time to indicate to the players and spectators that the point is over.

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Examples

A person cannot choose the time in which he is born or lives; it is not up to him, who his parents are, or the nation he will be born into, but what he is responsible for is how he will act in that given time: will he be human or inhuman. Pavle (Serbian)

She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful: something to be admired from a distance, not up close. Terry Pratchett

Whether it is successful or not is not the exercise for me. It is not up to me. It is out of my hands now. I am not going to in two years have hindsight and say I made a big mistake. Vince Gill

Let those perish, leave who are not up to the standard. Hungarian Proverb

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth. Romanian Proverb

Take me not up before I fa'. Scottish Proverb

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