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upstairs

1 adverb
     
up‧stairs1 S2
towards or on an upper floor in a building [≠ downstairs]:
I went upstairs and had a shower.
She's upstairs in bed feeling ill.
—upstairs adjective [only before noun]
an upstairs window
the upstairs rooms

➔ kick somebody upstairs

at kick1 (16)
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