"up to no good" meaning in English

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Prepositional phrase

Audio: En-au-up to no good.ogg [Australia]
Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=up to no good}} up to no good, {{en-PP|head=up to no good}} up to no good
  1. (idiomatic, litotes) Misbehaving, being mischievous. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: up-to-no-gooder

Download JSON data for up to no good meaning in English (1.8kB)

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