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upstairs
[ uhp-stairz ]
adverb
- up the stairs; to or on an upper floor.
- Informal. in the mind:
to be a little weak upstairs.
- to or at a higher level of authority:
You may have to take the matter upstairs.
- Military Slang. at or to a higher level in the air.
adjective
- Also ܱsٲ. of, relating to, or situated on an upper floor:
an upstairs window;
an upstairs apartment.
noun
- (usually used with a singular verb) an upper story or stories; the part of a building or house that is above the ground floor:
The upstairs of this house is entirely rented.
- a higher command or level of authority:
We can't take action till we have approval from upstairs.
upstairs
/ ˈʌˈɛə /
adverb
- up the stairs; to or on an upper floor or level
- informal.to or into a higher rank or office
- informal.in the mind
a little weak upstairs
- kick upstairs informal.to promote to a higher rank or position, esp one that carries less power
noun
- an upper floor or level
- ( as modifier )
an upstairs room
- informal.the masters and mistresses of a household collectively, esp of a large house Compare downstairs
Idioms and Phrases
- kick upstairs, to promote (a person) to a higher position, usually having less authority, in order to be rid of them.
More idioms and phrases containing upstairs
see kick upstairs .Example Sentences
However, recent work to the primary upstairs bedroom revealed much more of the composition.
Wilband told a paediatric doctor Mr Wheeler had carried Lexi upstairs in her bouncer chair and may have hit her head in the process.
"He was in the bedroom upstairs when the earthquake struck, and my wife was attending to his younger sister, so some debris had fallen onto him," says Ruate, who only gave his first name.
The court ruled her statement where she claimed she was dragged from a party of 100 people was not convincing, as a friend testified seeing her simply go upstairs to a room with another person.
And Ben's parents are under no illusions that their son is "safe" just because he is upstairs on his computer - unlike Jamie's parents in the show.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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