up and about

1. Also, up and around; up and doing. Active again, especially after an illness or rest, as in They had her up and about just one day after surgery, or I'm so glad you're up and around; we need your help, or It's time to be up and doing. [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

"If we can sort of not poke that bear and get him up and about, I think that will help the Australians enormously."

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It's been very quiet here this morning - not many up and about just yet - and a police cordon and vehicle remain outside the house.

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Ferdinand, Rooney, Vidic et al are up and about.

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Recently, the more Seussian-sounding notion of the “hurkle-durkle,” a 19th-century Scottish term for lingering in bed when one should be up and about, has risen in popularity.

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Staff numbers are building back up and about 20 million pots of yoghurt a year are coming off the production line.

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