be on the up and up



be on the up and up

 
1. (informal) if someone or something is on the up and up they are becoming more and more successful Since the recession ended, our business has been on the up and up.
2. (American informal) if a person or an activity is on the up and up, they are honest You can trust Mick - he's on the up and up.
See also: and, on, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Minnie['mini]
Nkemdilim-Western African, Igbo
GertrudGER-troot (German)German, Ancient Germanic
Stefanoste-FAH-noItalian
GunnvÖR-Ancient Scandinavian
TeaTE-ah (Finnish)Croatian, Slovene, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish