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up
noun- a tablet of amphetamine, methamphetamine or other central nervous system stimulant US, 1979
- Amphetamine, Dexadrine, Benzedrine, Methadrine, and a few other variants. I had a monstrous stack of ups. — Malcolm Braley, False Starts, p. 276, 1976
- “Ups” all day and “downs” at night. — Beatrice Sparks (writing as ‘Anonymous’), Jay’s Journal, p. 26, 1979
- [S]o banged on ups and cocaine she fell out on the floor[.] — Clarence Major, All-Night Visitors, p. 201, 1998
- an inspiration; an elevated mood US, 1966
- So to make a long story short the Vietnamese were a great up in my life[.] — Raymond Mungo, Famous Long Ago, p. 11, 1970
- in the used car business, a potential customer who has walked on to the sales forecourt US
- — Peter Mann, How to Buy a Used Car Without Getting Gypped, p. 196, 1975
▶ on the up and up
legitimate, honest US, 1863- A viper doesn’t like lies–he’s on the up and up and makes you get on the ground floor with him. — Mezz Mezzrow, Really the Blues, p. 96, 1946
- Rocco decided that perhaps Jo-Jo was on the up-and-up after all–he was doing a lot of garbage-level grabs here. — Richard Price, Clockers, p. 421, 1992
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