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What is another word for up and down?

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Likely to change, especially rapidly, significantly or unpredictably

Difficult, full of problems, or in a precarious state

Upward and downward, alternately

(idiomatic) Alternately forwards and backwards

(idiomatic) In a comprehensive manner

(idiomatic) In a staunch or obstinate manner

In a vertical direction or orientation

The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position

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Adjective

Likely to change, especially rapidly, significantly or unpredictably

full of ups and downs

blowing hot and cold

rapidly changing

vicissitudinous

constantly changing

disorganized^US

disorganised^UK

in fits and starts

all over the place

on again and off again

on-again-off-again

all over the map

few and far between

catch-as-catch-can

higgledy-piggledy

without purpose

all over the shop

in bits and pieces

not conscientious

without direction

all over the lot

when the mood strikes

rapidly evolving

always changing

in a state of change

thin on the ground

out of the common

once in a blue moon

as scarce as hens' teeth

trial and error

ill-thought-out

by bits and pieces

at sixes and sevens

more ❯

“And when the market is up and down as it has been recently, it's easy to get emotional.”

Adjective

Difficult, full of problems, or in a precarious state

beset by problems

full of problems

fraught with danger

jeopardizing^US

hanging by a thread

jeopardising^UK

playing with fire

Russian roulette

on slippery ground

easily threatened

on a slippery slope

hanging in the balance

Adjective

Truly vertical

Adverb

Upward and downward, alternately

upward and downward

from top to bottom

“He looked me up and down and gave me the creeps.”

Adverb

(idiomatic) Alternately forwards and backwards

“He paced up and down, waiting for his lawyer to call.”

Adverb

(idiomatic) In a comprehensive manner

comprehensively

through and through

from top to bottom

from the ground up

from stem to stern

conscientiously

with attention to detail

to the fullest extent

in great detail

hook line and sinker

without omission

to the nth degree

lock, stock and barrel

to the maximum extent

from beginning to end

in every respect

one-hundred percent

root and branch

down to the ground

leaving no stone unturned

in all respects

hook, line and sinker

a hundred per cent

unconditionally

at great length

without reservation

without exception

without a doubt

incontrovertibly

without question

beyond any doubt

without qualification

in its entirety

unconstrainedly

from start to finish

as far as possible

to the furthest extent

as much as possible

without reserve

as much as is viable

as much as is feasible

beyond question

as much as is humanly possible

as much as is achievable

beyond the shadow of a doubt

hook, line, and sinker

enthusiastically

straightforwardly

unquestioningly

come hell or high water

no ifs ands or buts

no strings attached

from first to last

extraordinarily

in full measure

to a marked degree

without hesitation

beyond a shadow of a doubt

without restraint

from soup to nuts

without abridgement

single-handedly

on a large scale

across the board

to the exclusion of everyone else

to the exclusion of everything else

from the bottom of your heart

through the whole of

with conviction

once and for all

beyond shadow of doubt

letter for letter

strictly speaking

letter by letter

not figuratively

to the greatest extent

with a vengeance

with all the stops out

to a maximal extent

more ❯

“I have searched up and down for a solution to this dilemma, but to no avail.”

Adverb

(idiomatic) In a staunch or obstinate manner

uncompromisingly

single-mindedly

strong-mindedly

authoritarianly

bloody-mindedly

uncooperatively

insubordinately

unsympathetically

stout-heartedly

unaccommodatingly

stony-heartedly

enthusiastically

uninterruptedly

compassionlessly

undisciplinedly

uncompassionately

unsentimentally

self-confidently

narrow-mindedly

unapologetically

thoroughgoingly

conscientiously

inconsiderately

through thick and thin

unquestioningly

revolutionarily

perseveratively

whole-heartedly

problematically

unconditionally

unchallengeably

disproportionately

antagonistically

unimpressionably

nonreciprocally

noncooperatively

superabundantly

unrealistically

unpragmatically

consequentially

unconventionally

more ❯

“Donny swore up and down that there was no quid pro quo involved.”

Adverb

In a vertical direction or orientation

perpendicularly

straight up and down

Noun

The movement (of someone or something) forward followed by a return to the same position

backward and forward

backwards and forwards

forward and back

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