Example sentences of "one up the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This time place both your whole forearms horizontally across the back and slide them slowly , yet firmly , apart , one up the back to the top of the shoulders and the other down to the top of the buttocks ; use a fair amount of pressure ( see Fig. 10 ) . |
| 2 | I just thought I 'd try running that one up the flagpole to see if anyone would salute ’ |
| 3 | ‘ My friend , Lord Auden and I cut one up the other day , ’ she says ( of an old mahogany sideboard ) . |
| 4 | But you know what I mean ; when a marriage or relationship is going wrong and it 's like everything that one person says or does n't say , or does or does n't do , seems to rub the other one up the wrong way . |
| 5 | The idea of a weekly stint as well as a monthly one for Options , a daily one home in Muswell Hill and a nightly one up the West End seemed about as feasible as Lech Walesa assuming the management of Stringfellows . |
| 6 | Subject : Leeds : One up the Gary Glitter ! ! |
| 7 | Subject : Re : Leeds : One up the Gary Glitter ! ! |
| 8 | The sentry is claimed to have replied : " Now do n't abaht , I 've got one up the spaht … " but rushed away to get the orderly corporal who , in turn , found the situation beyond his authority , and we were only released by no less than the duty officer . |