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on (one's) uppers

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up·per   (ŭp'ər)   
adj.  
  1. Higher in place, position, or rank: the upper bunk; the upper half of the class.

    1. Situated on higher ground: upper regions.

    2. Lying farther inland: the upper Nile.

    3. Northern: the upper Midwest.

  2. Upper Geology & Archaeology Of, relating to, or being a later division of the period named.

  3. Denoting the smaller and usually less broadly representative house of a bicameral legislature.

n.  
  1. The part of a shoe or boot above the sole.

  2. Informal An upper berth.

  3. uppers Informal The upper teeth or a set of upper dentures.

  4. Slang

    1. A drug, especially an amphetamine, used as a stimulant.

    2. An exhilarating or euphoric experience.

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