How to pronounce ups:
Example: "The anchor is up"
Example: "Look up!"
Example: "He walked up and grabbed my lapels"
Example: "Was transferred up to headquarters"
Example: "The up staircase"
Example: "He was up on his homework"
Example: "The windows are up"
Example: "How soon will the computers be up?"
Example: "Time is up"
Example: "Up the ante"
The direction opposed to the pull of gravity.
Example: "Up is a good way to go."
A positive thing.
Example: "I hate almost everything about my job. the only up is that it's so close to home."
An upstairs room of a two story house.
Example: "She lives in a two-up two-down."