up and away in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more up and away",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most up and away",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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          "text": "He is not far on his way, and the Fates and the streams are against him.\nUp and away to-morrow, and through the red dew of the morning\nWe will follow him fast, and bring him back to his prison.",
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        "Moving quickly and continuously upwards, often with a sense of joy or excitement."
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          "quickly"
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          "continuously"
        ],
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          "upwards",
          "upwards"
        ],
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          "sense",
          "sense"
        ],
        [
          "joy",
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        ],
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      ],
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        "(idiomatic) Moving quickly and continuously upwards, often with a sense of joy or excitement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "up and away"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more up and away",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most up and away",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "up and away (comparative more up and away, superlative most up and away)",
      "name": "en-adv"
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          "ref": "1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II):",
          "text": "He is not far on his way, and the Fates and the streams are against him.\nUp and away to-morrow, and through the red dew of the morning\nWe will follow him fast, and bring him back to his prison.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Moving quickly and continuously upwards, often with a sense of joy or excitement."
      ],
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          "quickly",
          "quickly"
        ],
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          "continuously",
          "continuously"
        ],
        [
          "upwards",
          "upwards"
        ],
        [
          "sense",
          "sense"
        ],
        [
          "joy",
          "joy"
        ],
        [
          "excitement",
          "excitement"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) Moving quickly and continuously upwards, often with a sense of joy or excitement."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "up and away"
}

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"up and away" meaning in English

Adverb