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down on one's uppers

down on one's uppers prepositional phrase: impecunious, lacking money.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) impecunious, lacking money
    Synonyms:
    on one's uppers

Synonyms of down on one's uppers

Questions about down on one's uppers

What does down on one's uppers mean?
Down on one's uppers means impecunious, lacking money.
What part of speech is down on one's uppers?
Down on one's uppers is a prepositional phrase.

Words near down on one's uppers in the dictionary

  1. down low
  2. down lows
  3. down mattress
  4. down on one's knees
  5. down on one's luck
  6. down on one's uppers
  7. down pat
  8. down payment
  9. down payments
  10. down perm
  11. down perms

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