"up there" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} up there, {{en-PP}} up there
  1. In a position of prominence or importance.
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see up, there.
    Sense id: en-up_there-en-prep_phrase-bIFrTzy7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49
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          "text": "“It is the most reckless challenge on a football pitch I think I’ve ever seen,” said the Palace chairman, Steve Parish, at half-time, going on to talk about the possibility of actually killing a fellow professional.\nIt was certainly up there, with shades of Harald Schumacher at the 1982 World Cup. That was, Schumacher admitted, a deliberate assault designed to stop Patrick Battiston scoring.",
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