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upper `adjective` [ ˈʌpə ]

• situated above another part.

• "his upper arm"

• situated on higher ground.

Similar: higher, further-up, loftier, overlying, superior, top,

Opposite: lower,

• denoting a younger (and hence usually shallower) part of a stratigraphic division or archaeological deposit or the period in which it was formed or deposited.

• "the Upper Palaeolithic age"

upper `noun`

• the part of a boot or shoe above the sole.

• "leather uppers"

Origin: Middle English: from the adjective up + -er2.

upper `noun`

• a stimulating drug, especially amphetamine.

Origin: 1960s: from the verb up + -er1.

gain the upper hand

• gain control over someone or something.
"each strives to gain the upper hand in military might"

have the upper hand

• have the advantage over someone or something.
"he usually has the upper hand because he's older"

on one's uppers

• extremely short of money.
"Joe invited us out to lunch because we were both on our uppers"

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