up or down
Which floor, please?
Up or down frames a choice between two opposite directions or outcomes, often when the specific direction matters less than making a decision: We need to know up or down by Friday.
It can describe vertical movement or position: The elevator goes up or down depending on demand.
In voting contexts, up or down means a simple yes-or-no decision without amendments or complications: The bill deserves an up or down vote.
- going upMoving in upward direction
- thumbs upGesture signaling approval
- riseMove to higher position
- fallDescend under gravity
- climbAscend using effort
drop · ascend · descend · elevate · sink · lift · lower · high · low · above · below · vertical · stairs · elevator · rising · falling · stock market · increase
- Either/Oryes or no, true or false, on or off, in or out, left or right
up or downleft or right
Lateral direction choice
side to side · horizontal · laterally · back and forth · lateral
up or downundecided
Not having chosen
uncertain · indeterminate · uncommitted · on the fence · neither here nor there
down, upper, upward, upwards, uppermost, upmost, downer, downward, downwards