Definition of be up to

be up to

verb

to do.
I haven't seen you in months! What have you been up to?






Citation from "Good Cop Bad Dog", Modern Family (TV) , Season 2 Episode 22 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.








Citation from "Episode 5", Misfits (TV), Season 1 Episode 5 (2009) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

Last edited on Nov 20 2012. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on May 12 2011.
to be capable of, emotionally.

Citation from "Might Have Been", Rookie Blue (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2011) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

Last edited on Oct 11 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Oct 11 2011.

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Other terms relating to 'be':
BBIAB	Definitions include: acronym for "be back in a bit", i.e. "I will return in a short amount of time."
BBL	Definitions include: acronym for "be back later".
be a cold day in hell when	Definitions include: never.
be a dot	Definitions include: to be leaving.
be all about	Definitions include: to devote a significant amount of one's time too.
be all ears	Definitions include: to be prepared to listen intently.
be-all end-all, the	Definitions include: the best.
be all in the same boat	Definitions include: to be in a bad situation along with others.
be all over	Definitions include: to do something with vigor.
*be arsd**	Definitions include: be bothered.
be dead meat	Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
be dog meat	Definitions include: be in serious trouble.
be easy	Definitions include: "goodbye".
be fender meat	Definitions include: to be dead.
be greek to	Definitions include: to be unintelligible.
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Other terms relating to 'to':
3 sheets to the wind	Definitions include: extremely intoxicated
9 to 5	Definitions include: See nine to five.
add fuel to the fire	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
add insult to injury	Definitions include: to make a bad situation worse.
all your base are belong to us	Definitions include: a declaration of victory or superiority.
*ss-to-mouth	Definitions include: sex in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio.
back to (one's) roots	Definitions include: to revisit one's past.
back to square one	Definitions include: to go back to the beginning.
balls to the wall	Definitions include: extreme; "all out".
beat all to hell	Definitions include: to be vastly superior.
beat to the punch	Definitions include: to perform an activity before someone else.
be greek to	Definitions include: to be unintelligible.
bigger fish to fry	Definitions include: more important things to deal with.
blow to hell	Definitions include: to kill or destroy.
blow to smithereens	Definitions include: to blow up into bits.
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Other terms relating to 'up':
6 up	Definitions include: a warning that one or more law enforcement officers are near.
ace up (one's) sleeve	Definitions include: a secret advantage.
act up	Definitions include: to misbehave.
AFU	Definitions include: acronym of "all fucked up."
all done up	Definitions include: well dressed, wearing makeup, etc.
all up in	Definitions include: doing something emphatically.
amped up	Definitions include: energetic due to consumption of a stimulant.
amp up	Definitions include: to increase.
ante up	Definitions include: to contribute one's share.
arse up	Definitions include: to mess up.
*as fcked up as a football bat**	Definitions include: 1. To be highly intoxicated on drugs and/or alcohol
*ss up	Definitions include: to make something like ass.
ate up	Definitions include: strange, stupid; "weird".
ate up with stupid	Definitions include: stupid.
*ate up with the dumb ss**	Definitions include: strange / stupid.
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