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Definition of upstairs adverb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

upstairs

adverb
 
 
/ˌʌpˈsteəz/
 
/ˌʌpˈsterz/
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  1. up the stairs; on or to a floor of a house or other building higher than the one that you are on
    • to run/walk/head upstairs
    • The cat belongs to the people who live upstairs.
    • She went upstairs to get dressed.
    • I carried her bags upstairs.
    • I turned and walked back upstairs.
    opposite downstairsTopics Houses and homesa1, Buildingsa1
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUpstairs is used with these verbs:
    • race
    • run
    • rush
    • …
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