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Meanings of up the stairs in English

On a floor above.

Synonyms
Examples for "upstairs"
Examples for "upstairs"
1
Sleep longer in the morning and stay more upstairs in the house.
The Assistant
2
I vote we go upstairs and introduce Michael to some new friends.
The Complete Rama Omnibus
3
Rei squeezed his hand in agreement and let him lead her upstairs.
Afternoon delight
4
The young gentleman was in, the landlady answered, in the room upstairs.
Won from the Waves
5
The fact is, I never ask a friend to sleep upstairs now.
Wandering Ghosts
Usage of up the stairs in English
1
Sometime later, she heard Andrew come in, then come up the stairs.
Private life
2
The elevator wasn't working, of course, so I trudged up the stairs.
Hex and the city
3
He left Linforth standing in the hall and went up the stairs.
The Broken Road
4
On the way back up the stairs, Anne said softly, You see?
Clementine
5
As they say, if the bed's a-rockin', don't come up the stairs.
Hollow World
6
And Ole ran up the stairs and disappeared; Irgens looked after him.
Shallow Soil
7
She made her way up the stairs and reached the fourth floor.
True blue
8
I went in and ran up the stairs to the second floor.
Man on the run
9
The two women ran out of the room and up the stairs.
At the Villa Rose
10
And he pointed and said, 'Through the underpass and up the stairs.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
11
There was no question of going up the stairs, lift or shaft.
Artemis Fowl: the Arctic incident
12
Please go up the stairs and follow the pathway to the right.
Mass Effect: Deception
13
And the two hurried up the stairs just as the hall-door closed.
Half a Rogue
14
He sprang up the stairs and snatched the pot from the stove.
Ladies Must Live
15
From the hall he glanced into the dining-room and up the stairs.
The Roll-Call
16
The footsteps up the stairs continued and Susan heard them many times.
Ghosts