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    on the up

    US /ɑn ði ʌp/

    ・

    UK /ɒn ði ʌp/

    B2
    adv. phr.Showing signs of progress or improvement.
    The company’s profits are on the up this quarter.

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    Prime Minister's Questions: 17 January 2018

    44:53Prime Minister's Questions: 17 January 2018
    • highest level in a decade and productivity on the up? May I invite my right hon. Friend

      highest level in a decade and productivity on the up? May I invite my right hon. Friend

    • What better way to start the year of engineering than to see manufacturing output at its highest level in a decade and productivity on the up?

      What better way to start the year of engineering than to see manufacturing output at its highest level in a decade and productivity on the up?

    B1

    Saving a Puppy in Sri Lanka's Surf Capital | Mirissa & Galle Travel Guide

    15:23Saving a Puppy in Sri Lanka's Surf Capital | Mirissa & Galle Travel Guide
    • I know that Sri Lanka has had a little bit of a rough recent history, but things are really on the up and up, and this is an incredible travel destination that we highly recommend you come and visit.

      I know that Sri Lanka has had a little bit of a rough recent history, but things are really on the up and up, and this is an incredible travel destination that we highly recommend you come and visit.

    • but things are really on the up and up.

      but things are really on the up and up.

    B1

    Fast English: The TV Show Friends Can Help!

    25:12Fast English: The TV Show Friends Can Help!
    • And I'm really focusing on the up-down shape of stress because it's so important for clarity and understandability when speaking English.

      And I'm really focusing on the up-down shape of stress because it's so important for clarity and understandability when speaking English.

    • And I'm really focusing on the up, down shape of stress because it's so important for clarity and understandability when speaking English.

      And I'm really focusing on the up, down shape of stress because it's so important for clarity and understandability when speaking English.

    A2

    Sri Lanka's Top Travel Tips Guide | Arrival in Colombo

    16:34Sri Lanka's Top Travel Tips Guide | Arrival in Colombo
    • They've had peace here now for nearly a decade, and I think that judging from the people we've spoken to today, things are really on the up and up, and Sri Lanka is the destination to come visit.

      They've had peace here now for nearly a decade, and I think that judging from the people we've spoken to today, things are really on the up and up, and Sri Lanka is the destination to come visit.

    • and I think that judging from the people we've spoken to today, things are really on the up and up, and, uh, Sri Lanka is the destination to come visit.

      and I think that judging from the people we've spoken to today, things are really on the up and up, and, uh, Sri Lanka is the destination to come visit.

    B1

    Top 5 Things to do in Kanazawa

    08:41Top 5 Things to do in Kanazawa
    • Now just two and a half hours from Tokyo by high-speed train, Kanazawa has achieved a newfound popularity and is once again a city on the up.

      Now just two and a half hours from Tokyo by high-speed train, Kanazawa has achieved a newfound popularity and is once again a city on the up.

    • Now just 2.5 hours from Tokyo by high-speed train, Kanazawa has achieved a newfound popularity and is once again a city on the up.

      Now just 2.5 hours from Tokyo by high-speed train, Kanazawa has achieved a newfound popularity and is once again a city on the up.

    B1

    The changing face of tourism | The Economist

    02:08The changing face of tourism | The Economist
    • The number of Indian travelers is on the up with countries such as Jordan, Australia, and

      The number of Indian travelers is on the up with countries such as Jordan, Australia, and

    • The number of Indian travelers is on the up

      The number of Indian travelers is on the up

    B1

    Perfect Day in Paradise | Exploring the Bahamas

    16:51Perfect Day in Paradise | Exploring the Bahamas
    • We are hopping on the Up, Up and Away.

      We are hopping on the Up, Up and Away.

    • All right, we are hopping on the up, up, and away.

      All right, we are hopping on the up, up, and away.

    B1

    Could Trump's tariffs shrink the US economy? | 100 Days of Trump | BBC Americast

    13:29Could Trump's tariffs shrink the US economy? | 100 Days of Trump | BBC Americast
    • But I do think that the kind of wider the idea of globalisation in goods suddenly coming to an end and everyone doing all the tasks that at the moment they outsource basically to Vietnam and to other places that are on the up and that can do these jobs and pay people very little money to do these jobs, the idea that that suddenly changes and all these jobs are done in the Western world, I think it, again, is inconceivable.

      But I do think that the kind of wider the idea of globalisation in goods suddenly coming to an end and everyone doing all the tasks that at the moment they outsource basically to Vietnam and to other places that are on the up and that can do these jobs and pay people very little money to do these jobs, the idea that that suddenly changes and all these jobs are done in the Western world, I think it, again, is inconceivable.

    • But I do think the kind of wider, the idea of globalisation in goods suddenly coming to an end and everyone doing all the tasks that at the moment they outsource basically to Vietnam and to other places that are on the up and that can do these jobs and pay people very little money to do these jobs.

      But I do think the kind of wider, the idea of globalisation in goods suddenly coming to an end and everyone doing all the tasks that at the moment they outsource basically to Vietnam and to other places that are on the up and that can do these jobs and pay people very little money to do these jobs.

    B1

    Biden out, Harris in: BBC Learning English from the News

    09:21Biden out, Harris in: BBC Learning English from the News
    • "Betting data shows Harris's chances are on the up, but

      "Betting data shows Harris's chances are on the up, but

    • "Betting data shows Harris's chances are on the up, but

      "Betting data shows Harris's chances are on the up, but

    B1

    How to Make an Emoji

    05:25How to Make an Emoji
    • The ROFL emoji rising every year, so that's the laughing crying one on its side, that's definitely on the up.

      The ROFL emoji rising every year, so that's the laughing crying one on its side, that's definitely on the up.

    • So that's the laughing crying on its side, that's on the up.”

      So that's the laughing crying on its side, that's on the up.”

    B1