up until

Preposition

Meaning

up until

(informal) Until.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

till pending until to up to

Examples

From the moment I picked your book up until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Someday I intend reading it. Groucho Marx

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. Bill Vaughan

I was 32 when I started cooking; up until then, I just ate. Julia Child

The frog wanted to be an ox and swelled up until he burst. Greek Proverb

A man never grows up until his father dies. African Proverb

Inferior men do not begin undertakings for fear of difficulties. Average men begin, but desist once difficulties appear. Men of superior nature never give up until they achieve their ends, however many the difficulties that appear. Traditional Proverb

Close letter words and terms

up to your eyes up to your neck up top up until now up until then up what 9