straight-up
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Then the hair on my arms and the back of my neck stood straight up and tingled, so I knew something was coming.
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Then I did the speedy keep-your-feet-low-to-the-ground-so-you-don’t-bounce-too-much shuffle down to the lav, took care of my business, opened the stall door feeling one hundred percent better, and shot straight up in the air.
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Root by root, they inched straight up the bottom of the tree.
From Literature
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A child’s wooden swingset, with the slide pointing straight up, floated past the broken Magpie Island bridge.
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Or, in the case of Coach and e.l.f., straight up gangbuster growth — Coach sales jumped 25% year over year, while e.l.f’s total revenue rose 38%.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.