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something's up
set phrase An expression used to indicate that a situation is or seems suspicious, peculiar, or out of the ordinary. Hey, something's up! The reactor isn't supposed to be putting out this much energy! A: "This is the place they wanted to do the meeting, right?" B: "Yeah, but something's up. I've got a feeling we've been double-crossed!"
See also: up
up
informal
1. adjective Happy, euphoric, optimistic, etc. The kids have been so up ever since they found out we're going to Disneyland this summer. He seems really up lately. He must have gotten that promotion. I've been feeling really up now that I know I got into my first choice college!
2. adjective Going on; happening. Hey, something is up with this computer. It's making all sorts of weird noises. Hey, Tom, good to see you! What's up with you?
3. adjective Keenly aware (of) or well informed (about). I'm not really up on French cinema, if I'm honest. It's never been something I've had much interest in.
4. adjective Ready or able (to do something). I'm sorry, but I don't feel up for a night out. Scott and I broke up last night. He says he's up for the game, Coach, but you saw him trying to run out there. I think his injury is still really bothering him.
5. noun, slang Any recreational drug, typically an amphetamine, taken as a stimulant. Short for "uppers." I got hooked on ups in college when I took them to help me study for long hours. He gave me an up and we danced all night long.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. © 2022 Farlex, Inc, all rights reserved.
something's up
something is going to happen; something is going on. Everybody looks very nervous. I think something's up. From the looks of all the activity around here, I think something's up.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
up
1. mod. happy; cheery; not depressed; upbeat. I’m up today. Let’s celebrate.
2. tv. to increase something. She tried to up the price on me, thinking I wouldn’t notice.
3. in. to take a stimulant drug. Ted upped before going in to take the test.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
- (all) choked up
- (all) dolled up
- (all) done up like a pox doctor's clerk
- (all) dressed up
- (all) dressed up in Christmas tree-order
- (all) dressed up like a Christmas tree
- (all) dressed up like a pox doctor's clerk
- (all) fired up
- (all) het up
- (all) lit up like a Christmas tree
- (all) riled up
- (all) sealed up
- (all) tore up
- (all) torn up
- (all) washed up
- (all) wrought up
- (as) fouled up as Hogan's goat
- (as) messed up as Hogan's goat
- (as) screwed up as Hogan's goat
- (as) sure as the sun comes up
- (in) up to (one's) elbows
- (in) up to (one's) eye(ball)s
- (it's) all uphill from here
- (just/right) up (one's) street
- (one) doesn't know which way is up or down
- (one) woke up on the right side of the grass
- (one) won't give up without a fight
- (one's) back is up
- (one's) blood is up
- (one's) ears perk up
- (one's) eyes light up
- (one's) get-up-and-go got up and went
- (one's) jig is up
- (one's) number comes up
- (one's) number is up
- (one's) stomach is tied (up) in knots
- (one's)/the hair is standing up on the back on (one's) neck
- (please) don't get up
- (right) up there with (someone or something)
- (something) up (one's) sleeve
- (up) in the nosebleed section
- (up) in the nosebleeds
- (you've) got to get up pretty early in the morning to (do something)
- a bad penny always turns up
- a bang-up job
- a card up (one's) sleeve
- a horseshoe up (one's) ass
- a kick up the backside
- a leg up
- A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle
- a paid-up member, etc.
- a punch up the bracket
- a put-up job
- a riddle wrapped in an enigma
- a shiver ran up (one's) spine
- a shiver went up (one's) spine
- a toss-up
- a toss-up between (two things)
- a turn-up for the book
- a turn-up for the book(s)
- a turn-up for the books
- a wake-up call
- a/the call-up to the majors
- abut (up) against
- ace up (one's) sleeve
- act (up)on (something)
- act up
- act up to (something)
- add up
- add up to
- add up to (something)
- add up to the same thing
- advance (up)on (something or some place)
- agree (up)on
- ahead of time
- alight (up)on
- alkied (up)
- alkied up
- all balled up
- all dressed up and nowhere to go
- all dressed up with nowhere to go
- all ends up
- all it's cracked up to be
- all kinds of (something)
- all sharped up
- all shook up
- all spruced up
- all the marbles
- all tore up
- all up
- all up with (someone or something)
- all wound up
- allow (one) up
- allow up
- amount to the same thing
- amped-up
- ante up
- ante up, to
- any road up
- arc up
- arm up
- arrive (somewhere) (up)on the stroke of (some time)
- arrive (up)on the scene
- ask up
- ate up with (someone or something)
- ate up with someone/something
- average up
- ay up me duck
- baby up
- back (someone or something) up
- back (someone or something) up to (something)
- back up
- back up and punt
- back up to
- backed up
- backup plan
- bad penny always turns up
- bad penny, always turns up (comes back) like a
- bail up
- bake up (something)
- bake up a storm
- bale up
- ball someone/something up
- ball up
- balled up
- balled-up
- balloon goes up, the
- balls up
- bandage up
- bang up
- banged up
- bang-up
- bang-up cove
- bang-up time
- bank up
- bar up
- barf up
- bark up the wrong tree
- bark up the wrong tree, to
- barreled (up)
- barreled up
- base (up)on
- bash up
- batter up
- be (all) choked up
- be (all) dolled up
- be (all) dressed up
- be (all) dressed up in Christmas tree-order
- be (all) dressed up like a Christmas tree
- be (all) fired up
- be (all) het up
- be (all) lit up like a Christmas tree
- be (all) sealed up
- be (all) spruced up
- be (all) tore up
- be (all) tore up about (something)
- be (all) torn up
- be (all) wrought up
- be (just/right) up (one's) street
- be (right) up there with (someone or something)
- be a (fully) paid-up member of something
- be a toss-up
- be a wake-up
- be a wake-up call
- be above par
- be all dressed up and nowhere to go
- be all kinds of (something)
- be all shook up
- be all torn up about (something)
- be barking up the wrong tree
- be borne in (up)on (one)
- be bringing up the rear
- be built from the ground up
- be called up to the majors
- be caught in the moment
- be caught up in the minutiae
- be dead from the neck up
- be dressed (up) to the nines
- be driven up a pole
- be fed up (with someone or something)
- be fed up to the back teeth
- be gone up
- be had up (for something)
- be hard up
- be hard up for something
- be hepped up
- be hepped up on (something)
- be het up
- be jumping up and down
- be keyed into (something)
- be keyed up
- be keyed up about (something)
- be keyed up over (something)
- be laughing up (one's) sleeve
- be laughing up your sleeve
- be left to (one's) own devices
- be left to (one's) own resources
- be made up
- be made up about (something)
- be made up with (something)
- be messed up in the head
- be mixed up in (something)
- be mixed up with (someone)
- be nestled (up) into (something or some place)
- be not all it's cracked up to be
- be not feeling up to (something)
- be not up to much
- be not up to scratch
- be not up to snuff
- be not up to the mark
- be not well up in (something)
- be not well up on (something)
- be not what it's cracked up to be
- be on the up and up
- be one up on (someone or something)
- be one up on someone
- be puffed up with pride
- be puffed up with pride, etc.
- be pushing up (the) daisies
- be pushing up daisies
- be pushing up the daisies
- be put up for auction
- be right up (one's) alley
- be riled up
- be screwed up in the head
- be set up
- be sewed up
- be sewn up
- be shacked up with (someone)
- be shook up
- be steamed up
- be taken up with (someone or something)
- be tied (up) in knots
- be toes up
- be togged out (in something)
- be togged out/up
- be togged up (in something)
- be up
- be up (one's) alley
- be up (oneself)
- be up a blind alley
- be up a/the creek (without a paddle)
- be up against (someone or something)
- be up against it
- be up against the wall
- be up and about
- be up and around
- be up and doing
- be up and down
- be up before (someone)
- be up before (something)
- be up for (something)
- be up for auction
- be up for debate
- be up for discussion
- be up for grabs
- be up for reelection
- be up for sale
- be up in the air
- be up on
- be up on (something)
- be up the creek without a paddle
- be up the duff
- be up the pole
- be up the spout
- be up the stick
- be up to (one)
- be up to (one's) (old) tricks
- be up to (one's) ass in alligators
- be up to (one's) chin in (something)
- be up to (one's) ears in (something)
- be up to (one's) eyeballs in (something)
- be up to (one's) eyebrows in (something)
- be up to (one's) eyes in (something)
- be up to (one's) knees in (something)
- be up to (one's) neck in (something)
- be up to (one's) old tricks
- be up to (something)
- be up to date
- be up to here with (someone or something)
- be up to ninety
- be up to par
- be up to scratch
- be up to somebody
- be up to speed
- be up to the mark
- be up to the minute
- be up to your ears in something
- be up to your eyes/eyeballs in something
- be up to your neck in something
- be up to your tricks
- be up to/above par
- be up with the chickens
- be up with the crows
- be up with the lark(s)
- be up your street
- be up/rise with the lark
- be upon (one)
- be well up in (something)
- be well up on (something)
- be well up on something
- be worked up
- be worked up about (something)
- be worked up over (something)
- be wrapped up
- be wrapped up in (someone or something)
- be wrapped up in somebody/something
- be wrapped up with (someone or something)
- be/come up against a brick wall
- be/get mixed up in something
- be/get mixed up with somebody
- be/get riled up
- be/get steamed up
- be/get/have one up on somebody
- be/go up the spout
- bead up
- Beam me up, Scotty
- Beam me up, Scotty!
- beam up
- beaned up
- bear (up)on (something)
- bear in (up)on (one)
- bear up
- beat (oneself) up
- beat oneself up
- beat out
- beat up
- beat up on
- become fed up (with someone or something)
- become wrapped up in (someone or something)
- become wrapped up with (someone or something)
- beef something up
- beef up
- beer up
- before the balloon goes up
- belch up
- belly up
- belly up to (something)
- belly up to something
- belly up to the bar
- belt up
- bet up
- better than a kick up the backside
- bid up
- big up
- bind up
- bind up with (something)
- black up
- blacken up
- blaze up
- blind alley, (up) a
- block up
- bloody up
- blow (something) up out of proportion
- blow (up)on (someone or something)
- blow sunshine up (one's) ass
- blow up
- blow up (one's) phone
- blow up a storm
- blow up in (one's) face
- blow up in face
- blow up in somebody's face
- blow up in your face
- blowing up
- blown up
- board up
- boarded up
- bob up
- boil up
- bollix up
- bollixed up
- bolster up
- bone up
- bone up (on something)
- book up
- boost up
- boot up
- booze
- booze (it) up
- booze it up
- booze up
- border (up)on (something)
- boss up
- botch up
- bottle (one's) emotions up
- bottle (one's) feelings up
- bottle up
- bottle up (one's) emotions
- bottle up (one's) feelings
- bottle up feelings, to
- bottoms up
- Bottoms up!
- bounce up and down
- bound up in
- bound up in (something)
- bound up with
- bound up with (someone or something)
- bowl up
- box up
- boxed up
- brace up
- brave face, put on a
- break (up) the journey
- break it up
- Break it up!
- break someone up
- break up
- break up with (one)
- breast up
- breathe (up)on (someone or something)
- breed up a storm
- breeze up
- breeze up to (someone or something)
- brew up
- brew up (something)
- brick up
- bridle up
- brighten up
- brighten up (the) day
- bring (one) up for (something)
- bring (one) up on (something)
- bring (one) up on charges
- bring (one) up sharply
- bring (one) up short
- bring (one) up to speed
- bring (one) up with a start
- bring (someone or something) up against (someone or something)
- bring (someone or something) up to date
- bring (something) (up)on (someone or something)
- bring (something) up to code
- bring (something) up to snuff
- bring someone up short
- bring something up
- bring something up to code
- bring that up again and we'll vote on it
- bring up
- bring up for
- bring up on
- bring up sharply
- bring up the rear
- bring up to
- bring up to date
- bring up-to-date
- bring/pull somebody up short
- broom up
- bruise up
- brush up
- bubble up
- buck (one's) ideas up
- buck up
- buck up (one's) ideas
- buck up your ideas
- buck your ideas up
- buckle up
- bud up
- buddy up
- buddy up to (someone)
- buddy up to someone
- buddy up with (someone)
- buddy up with someone
- budge up
- buff up
- build (something) from the ground up
- build (up)on (something)
- build up
- build up (one's) hopes
- build up a head of steam
- build up to
- build up to (something)
- build up/raise somebody's hopes
- build up/work up, etc. a head of steam
- bulk up
- bump (up) against (someone or something)
- bump up
- bunch up
- bundle up
- bung up
- bunged up
- bungle up
- bunk (up) together
- bunk (up) with (someone)
- bunk up
- buoy up
- burn someone up
- burn up
- burn up the dance floor
- burn up the road
- burned
- burned up
- burst (up)on (one)
- burst (up)on the scene
- bury the hatchet
- bust someone up
- bust something up
- bust up
- butt (up) against (someone or something)
- butter up
- butter up to (one)
- button up