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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Up #119196 01/09/2004 2:09 AM Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA JohnHawaii member JohnHawaii member Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 171 Hawaii, USA It also seems that when "up" is used in the phrasal verb form, it is generally (but not always) superfluous to the action being taken (e.g., open/close up the store). I'm not sure what purpose "up" serves in those cases. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Up JohnHawaii 01/08/2004 10:14 PM Re: Up musick 01/08/2004 10:22 PM Re: Up consuelo 01/09/2004 12:20 AM Re: Up wwh 01/09/2004 12:54 AM Re: Up JohnHawaii 01/09/2004 2:09 AM Re: Up wwh 01/09/2004 2:19 AM Re: Up Bingley 01/09/2004 2:20 AM Re: Up JohnHawaii 01/09/2004 5:59 AM Re: Up Bingley 01/09/2004 1:41 PM Re: Up Faldage 01/09/2004 1:49 PM Re: Up WhitmanO'Neill 01/09/2004 4:10 PM Re: Up maverick 01/09/2004 4:17 PM Re: Up 'n' down AnnaStrophic 01/09/2004 4:18 PM Re: Close Up Close Faldage 01/09/2004 4:19 PM Re: Close Up Close wwh 01/09/2004 4:24 PM Close Up JohnHawaii 01/09/2004 9:50 PM Re: Scatology : "Up" wow 01/10/2004 2:06 PM Re: Scatology : "Up" Faldage 01/10/2004 2:35 PM Re: Scatology : "Up" Buffalo Shrdlu 01/10/2004 2:48 PM Re: Nuances Wordwind 01/11/2004 3:14 PM Re: Up Bingley 01/09/2004 1:08 AM Re: Up Buffalo Shrdlu 01/09/2004 1:24 AM Re: Up WhitmanO'Neill 01/09/2004 1:31 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,361 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 37 A C Bowden 12 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,195 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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