ADJECTIVE
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busy or occupied with
what have you been up to?
up to no good -
having the requisite qualities for
equal to the task
the work isn't up to the standard I require
How To Use up to In A Sentence
- He described the sequence of events leading up to the robbery.
- I have to find grass and bring it up to them, otherwise they'll die. Times, Sunday Times
- The finishing line may be in sight but the final lap is shaping up to be an epic battle. Times, Sunday Times
- I have seen far too many people give up too quickly on their programs after a few short weeks.
- Yorkshire abused by such a pitiful prater; and when wrought up to a certain pitch, she would turn and say something of which neither the matter nor the manner recommended her to Mr. Donne's good - will. Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
- With a few turns of tape, I fastened the plastic cup to the end of the pole.
- One thing he does is get up to a little competitive devilry by unveiling the Google Pack, a parcel of software programs that you can download for free (if you have a Windows PC).
- The criticism is valid up to a point, but television channels are a bit like human beings: none are wholly good or bad.
- And we -- it does extent all the way up toward Jacksonville, all the way down into West Palm Beach, all the way over to Fort Myers, and northward, almost kind of budging into the pan -- the Big Bend area, almost into the Panhandle, but not quite just yet. CNN Transcript Sep 5, 2004
- The welfare state was not set up to support vast families or single mothers in inter-generational welfare dependency. We deserve a fair society, but it won't be created by a vendetta against the poor