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up and

Adverb

Meaning

up and (not comparable)

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

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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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

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