go up and down

Example Sentences

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Then trucks would go up and down the rows picking up the tubs.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

“They were probably a small number of mines that you could deploy from small vessels of opportunity, so fishing boats, small cargo boats that go up and down the strait,” Clark said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

“We probably do more than 100 Roth conversions a year for clients. As their situation changes, the amounts go up and down accordingly,” said veteran financial planner David Demming, who is based in Ohio.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 11, 2025

Mascalusco used to have an active lifestyle, but the damage to her lungs made it so she could barely go up and down the stairs of her Utah home without feeling winded.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

“We’re lucky we don’t go to one of those schools where everything’s, like, enclosed, and the halls are really crowded, and you have to go up and down levels to get to class.”

From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen