Ms Cleo knows all: On the Up and Up

The Story of UP

     Lovers of the English language might enjoy this.....How do
     non-natives ever learn all the nuances of the word, English???   
     It is listed in the dictionary as being an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].

     There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any
     other two-letter word, and that word is "UP."    It is listed in the
     dictionary as being used as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v].

     It's easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top
     of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

     At a meeting, why does a topic come UP ? Why do we speak UP, and
     why are the officers UP for election and why is it UP to the secretary to
     write UP a report?

     We call UP our friends and we use it to brighten UP a room, polish
     UP the silver, we warm UP the leftovers and clean UP the kitchen. We lock
     UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

     At other times the little word has a real special meaning. People
     stir up trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP
     excuses.

     To be dressed is one thing but to be dressed UP is special.   
     And this up is confusing:

     A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP.

     We open UP a store in the morning but we close it UP at night.
     We seem to be pretty mixed UP about UP!

     To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of UP, look the word UP
     in the dictionary. In a desk-sized dictionary, it takes UP almost 1/4 of
     the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.

     If you are UP to it, you might try building UP a list of the many
     ways UP is used. It will take UP a lot of your time, but if you don't give
     UP, you may wind UP with a hundred or more.

     When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP .. When the
     sun comes out we say it is clearing UP ..  When it rains, it wets UP the
     earth.

     When it doesn't rain for awhile, things dry UP.

     One could go on & on, but I'll wrap it UP, for now my time is UP,
     so....

     Time to shut UP......!

     Oh...one more thing:! What is the first thing you do in the morning 

     & the last thing you do at night?

     U    P

[Disclaimer: Cleo's sources are from the unknown, but the truth in her statements are real]

I'm UP to no good!!