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something is up

something is up phrase: something off-putting or suspicious is in the air.

Phrase

something is up

  1. (informal) Something off-putting or suspicious is in the air.

Forms of something is up

alternative formsomething's up

Questions about something is up

What does something is up mean?
Something is up means something off-putting or suspicious is in the air.
What part of speech is something is up?
Something is up is a phrase.

Words near something is up in the dictionary

  1. something for the weekend
  2. something good
  3. something is better than nothing
  4. something is rotten in Denmark
  5. something is rotten in the state of Denmark
  6. something is up
  7. something like
  8. something like that
  9. something nasty in the woodshed
  10. something or another
  11. something or other

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