up and away
Americanadverb
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upwards and into the distance, as if floating out of sight.
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off to a good start.
verb (used without object)
interjection
Example Sentences
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“We so up up up up and away, I can’t hear you,” she says, “We at peace / We only understand great vision / High frequency / High territory / High moral / The high road.”
From Los Angeles Times
His advice to Contreras for whenever the New York Yankees’ Aaron Judge came to the plate was simply to keep the ball up and away, then pound him hard inside.
He was a founding member of the vocal group the 5th Dimension, which won six Grammy Awards for songs such as “Up, Up and Away” and “Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In.”
From Los Angeles Times
They screamed like the roll of thunder up and away into the sky until they were nothing but a speck among the clouds.
From Literature
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He dived down, kicking, staring into the deep, dark, roiling blue—when a hand grabbed him and pulled him up and away from the swirling wreckage.
From Literature
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