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Meanings of travelling up in English

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Usage of travelling up in English
1
Clearly, travelling up on the evening before a match is not ideal.
The Irish Times
2
The other morning we were travelling up to town together as usual.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 9, 1919
3
And a five-day broadcast of a cruise ship travelling up the Norwegian coast.
The Guardian
4
That careless trail thinks nothing of travelling up or down the faces of precipices.
The Cruise of the Snark
5
A week or two ago I was travelling up North.
Escape, and Other Essays
6
She was travelling up and down the California coast when acquaintances led her to Manson.
News.com.au
7
Trains were running regularly up to Kimberley and ordinary citizens were travelling up and down.
With Rimington
8
All of which I was sensible was, that I was travelling up an irregular acclivity.
Edgar Huntly; or, Memoirs of a Sleep-Walker
9
I'm too old to be travelling up and down.
The South African
10
The heartburn was travelling up his throat and threatening to explode out of his mouth.
Fresh
11
So the child was reared, and when he was grown he went travelling up to Dublin.
The Kiltartan History Book
12
Nobody he knew was travelling up to town.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-01-14
13
Still, she's a blamed little fool to be travelling up here on such an outlandish train.
The Purple Parasol
14
The bitterly cold southerly flow travelling up the country has brought treacherous black ice to Christchurch.
Radio NZ
15
My impression seemed to be all backward, travelling up to me a moment or two behind time.
The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 7
16
Our trip to the abandoned base in the jungle took nine days of travelling up the Envira River.
Reuters
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