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03/11/25 Grif.Net – What’s Up with Up?

03/11/25 Grif.Net – What’s Up with Up?

We thought we would lighten things up a bit th=
is week. There is a two-letter word that perhaps has more meanings than any=
other two-letter word, and that word is up. In a desk-sized di=
ctionary, it takes up almost one-fourth of =
the page and can add up to about thirty definitions.

 

=
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&nbs=
p;up, 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.

 

We brighten up a ro=
om and 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.

 

People stir up trouble, line up fo=
r tickets, work up an appetite, and think up excuses.

 

To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed up&nb=
sp;is special.

 

And this up is confusing: a drain must be opened&=
nbsp;up because it is stopped up.

 

We open up=
 a store in the morning, but we close it up at n=
ight.

We seem to be pretty mixed&nbs=
p;up about up!

=
 

Don’t get me started about weather!&=
nbsp; 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 f=
or a while, things dry up.

 

And we fill up a containe=
r after its contents are used up.

 

Don’t give up. Keep your sp=
irits up.  Matter of fact, just trying to keep up with up
may crack you up.

&nbs=
p;

Okay. Up to now, you may have been keep=
ing up. To be knowledgeable about the proper uses of up,=
 look it up. One could go on and on, but I’ll wrap i=
up, for now my time is up, so … time t=
o shut up.

 

If you are up to it, you might try b=
uilding 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 hu=
ndred or more.

 

=

You have the ability to cheer people up without trying. Keep u=
p
the good work.

 

~~

Dr. Bob Griffin
&#8220=
;Abhoring all my sin, adoring only Him”

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