upper : Idioms & Phrases

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fixer-upper

  • noun a house or other dwelling in need of repair (usually offered for sale at a low price)
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stiff upper lip

  • noun self-restraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief)
    • the British like to keep a stiff upper lip
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The upper hand

  • the superiority; the advantage. See To have the upper hand, under Hand. Jowett (Thucyd.).
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To have, ∨ get, the (higher) upper hand

  • to have, or get, the better of another person or thing.
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To keep a stiff upper lip

  • to keep up one's courage. Slang
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upper avon

  • noun a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn
    Avon; Upper Avon; River Avon.
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upper avon river

  • noun a river in central England that flows through Stratford-on-Avon and empties into the Severn
    Avon; Upper Avon; River Avon.
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upper balcony

  • noun rearmost or uppermost area in the balcony containing the least expensive seats
    peanut gallery; family circle; second balcony.
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Upper Bench

  • (Eng. Hist.), the name of the highest court of common law (formerly King's Bench) during the Commonwealth.
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upper berth

  • noun the higher of two berths
    upper.
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upper bound

  • noun (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set
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upper cannon

  • noun cannon that provides plate armor for the upper arm
    rerebrace.
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upper carboniferous

  • noun from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land
    Pennsylvanian period; Upper Carboniferous; Pennsylvanian.
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upper carboniferous period

  • noun from 310 million to 280 million years ago; warm climate; swampy land
    Pennsylvanian period; Upper Carboniferous; Pennsylvanian.
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Upper case

  • the top one of a pair of compositor's cases. See the Note under 1st Case, n., 3.
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upper class

  • noun the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
    upper class.
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Upper covert

  • (Zoöl.), one of the coverts situated above the bases of the tail quills.
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upper crust

  • noun the class occupying the highest position in the social hierarchy
    upper class.
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Upper deck

  • noun a higher deck
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  • (Naut.), the topmost deck of any vessel; the spar deck.
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upper egypt

  • noun one of the two main administrative districts of Egypt; extends south from Cairo to Sudan
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upper hand

  • noun position of advantage and control
    whip hand.
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upper jaw

  • noun the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
    maxillary; maxilla; upper jaw.
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upper jawbone

  • noun the jaw in vertebrates that is fused to the cranium
    maxillary; maxilla; upper jaw.
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Upper leather

  • the leather for the vamps and quarters of shoes.
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upper limit

  • noun the largest possible quantity
    maximum.
  • noun the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something
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upper mantle

  • noun the upper part of the mantle
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upper paleolithic

  • noun the time period during which only modern Homo sapiens was known to have existed; ended about 10,000 years BC
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upper peninsula

  • noun the peninsula between Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that forms the northwestern part of Michigan
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upper respiratory infection

  • noun infection of the upper respiratory tract
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upper respiratory tract

  • noun the nose and throat and trachea
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upper side

  • noun the highest or uppermost side of anything
    upside; top; top side.
    • put your books on top of the desk
    • only the top side of the box was painted
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Upper strake

  • (Naut.), the strake next to the deck, usually of hard wood, and heavier than the other strakes.
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upper surface

  • noun the side that is uppermost
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Upper ten thousand, ∨ (abbreviated) Upper ten

  • the ten thousand, more or less, who are highest in position or wealth; the upper class; the aristocracy. Colloq.
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Upper topsail

  • (Naut.), the upper half of a double topsail.
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upper tunguska

  • noun a river in southeastern Siberia that flows northwest from Lake Baikal to become a tributary of the Yenisei River
    Tunguska; Angara River; Angara.
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upper volta

  • noun a desperately poor landlocked country in western Africa; was formerly Upper Volta under French rule but gained independence in 1960
    Burkina Faso.
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Upper works

  • (Naut.), all those parts of the hull of a vessel that are properly above water.
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Upper world

  • . (a) The atmosphere. (b) Heaven. (c) This world; the earth; in distinction from the underworld.
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upper-case letter

  • noun one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"
    uppercase; capital letter; majuscule; capital.
    • printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases
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upper-class

  • adjective occupying the highest socioeconomic position in a society
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upper-level

  • adjective satellite at an elevated level in rank or importance
    high-ranking; high-level.
    • a high-level official
    • a high-level corporate briefing
    • upper-level management
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upper-lower-class

  • adjective satellite occupying the upper part of the lower class
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upper-middle-class

  • adjective satellite occupying the upper part of the middle socioeconomic range in a society
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upper-normandy

  • noun a division of Normandy
    Haute-Normandie.
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