up stairs
adverb
1.
up the stairs; to or on an upper floor.
2.
Informal. in the mind: to be a little weak upstairs.
3.
to or at a higher level of authority: You may have to take the matter upstairs.
4.
Military Slang. at or to a higher level in the air.
adjective
5.
Also, up·stair. of, pertaining to, or situated on an upper floor: an upstairs window; an upstairs apartment.
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noun
Idioms 6.
(usually used with a singular verb) an upper story or stories; the part of a building or house that is above the ground floor: The upstairs of this house is entirely rented.
7.
a higher command or level of authority: We can't take action till we have approval from upstairs.
8.
kick upstairs, to promote (a person) to a higher position, usually having less authority, in order to be rid of him or her.
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| —adv | |
| 1. | up the stairs; to or on an upper floor or level |
| 2. | informal to or into a higher rank or office |
| 3. | informal in the mind: a little weak upstairs |
| 4. | informal kick upstairs to promote to a higher rank or position, esp one that carries less power |
| —n | |
| 5. | a. an upper floor or level |
| b. (as modifier): an upstairs room | |
| 6. | informal, old-fashioned (Brit) Compare downstairs the masters and mistresses of a household collectively, esp of a large house |
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Word Origin & History
upstairs
1590s (adj.), from up + stairs (see stair). The noun is first attested 1872. Meaning "characteristic of upstairs life" (in private rooms of a household, as opposed to servants' quarters) is recorded from 1942.
"He [Halifax] had said he had known many kicked down stairs, but he never knew any kicked up stairs before." [Gilbert Burnet, supplement to "History of My own Time," from his original memoirs, c.1697]
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