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upbound

[ uhp-bound ]

adjective

  1. traveling or affording passage toward the north or in a direction regarded as up:

    an upbound freighter; the upbound lane of a highway.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of upbound1

First recorded in 1880–85; up- + bound 4
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“It’s where the upbound and downbound shipping kind of crossed each other,” Gray said.

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The lock and dam is closed, and the Coast Guard said it left a queue of 13 vessels that are upbound and 11 downbound.

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Two upbound vessels towing a total of 30 barges were delayed at a railroad drawbridge in Hannibal, Missouri, a Coast Guard spokesman said.

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A third channel, west of all the islands, was designed for steamers bound down, the older channel being reserved for upbound boats.

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I nods and makes a dive into an upbound car that's just makin' a stop at the seventeenth.

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