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ups-downs
ups and downs
noun
rises and falls of fortune; good and bad times:
Every business has its ups and downs.
Origin:
1650–60
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ups and downs
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pl n
alternating periods of good and bad fortune, high and low spirits, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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