on the up
idiom
chiefly British
: moving toward an improved or better state
After a slow period, sales are on the up.
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With air travel now on the up, there may be reasonable grounds for cautiously assuming 2025 won’t be any different for those holding Rolls-Royce shares.
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Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
By 2023, everything in her life seemed to be on the up and up.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2025
But those payments are on the up over the past few seasons, hitting £32m in total for the 2022-23 campaign and then £37m last season.
—Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Church of Silicon Valley: Christianity is on the up in the tech world, driven in part by industry demigods like Peter Thiel.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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Gaurav Sharma, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
By 2023, everything in her life seemed to be on the up and up.
—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2025
But those payments are on the up over the past few seasons, hitting £32m in total for the 2022-23 campaign and then £37m last season.
—Mark Critchley, The Athletic, 19 Feb. 2025
Church of Silicon Valley: Christianity is on the up in the tech world, driven in part by industry demigods like Peter Thiel.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
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“On the up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20up. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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