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uphill and downdale

uphill and downdale is the alternative form of up hill and down dale.

Meaning of up hill and down dale

Adverb

up hill and down dale (not comparable)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, US, idiomatic) Here and there; everywhere.
    • I have a great deal of sympathy with scientific doubters, and with those who test psychicism up hill and down dale and are not satisfied.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 275

Questions about uphill and downdale

What is uphill and downdale the alternative form of?
Uphill and downdale is the alternative form of up hill and down dale.

Words near uphill and downdale in the dictionary

  1. uphelms
  2. Uphelya
  3. upher
  4. uphers
  5. uphill
  6. uphill and downdale
  7. uphill battle
  8. uphill battles
  9. uphill climb
  10. uphill gardener
  11. uphill gardeners

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