up and

Adverb

Meaning

up and (not comparable)

(colloquial) Abruptly; unexpectedly.
Halfway through the performance he just up and left.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Related terms

up up and disappear up and leave

Examples

To forgive does not mean to forget; to forgive means, with compassion and pain in the soul, to say: when the Last Judgment comes, I will stand up and say: do not judge him, Lord. Anthony of Sourozh

Even if we fall a hundred times a day, it does not matter; we must get up and go on walking toward God without looking back. Tadej of Vitovnica

The one who gets up and keeps going after every fall reaches paradise. John Chrysostom

A real scoundrel turned up and they took off their hats to him. Greek Proverb

Tongue may muddle up and say the truth. Azerbaijani Proverb

The world is a ladder, in which some go up and others go down. Gypsy Proverb

Close letter words and terms

up against up against it up against the wall up and about up and at it up and coming