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What (who) is up-and-under - definition

PLAY WRITTEN BY JOHN GODBER
Up n Under; Up 'n' Under II

up-and-under         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Up-and-under; Up and under (disambiguation)
¦ noun Rugby a high kick allowing time for teammates to reach the point where the ball will come down.
He'd Have to Get Under – Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile)         
  • Sheet music cover for "He'd Have to Get Under – Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile)" as performed by [[Bobby North]]
SONG PERFORMED BY AL JOLSON
He'd Have to Get Under - Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile); He'd Have to Get Under — Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile); He Had to Get Under
"He'd Have to Get Under – Get Out and Get Under (to Fix Up His Automobile)" is one of the lengthier titles in the history of popular songs. The song was published in 1913, with music by Maurice Abrahams and lyrics by Grant Clarke and Edgar Leslie.
Up 'n' Under         
Up 'n' Under is a comedy by English playwright John Godber, first staged at the Hull Truck Theatre in 1984. It won The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy that same year.

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Up 'n' Under

Up 'n' Under is a comedy by English playwright John Godber, first staged at the Hull Truck Theatre in 1984. It won The Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy that same year. The sequel, Up 'n' Under II, followed in 1985.

Examples of use of up-and-under
1. Claude Avenue Bridge –– banged up and under military guard at one end, submerged in muck at the other –– is now the demarcation line between salvageable and not.
2. Wilkinson launched an up and under, and Jenkins sprinted like a, un, Lion to arrive on top of Shannon Paku the second he cuaght it.
3. Wilkinson replied with a penalty of his own five minutes later after Boks winger JP Pietersen spilled an up–and–under kick.
4. The letter said that the contest helped them keenly realize in what a benevolent country they have grown up and under what a loving care of a great teacher they have been trained.
5. "Where were the Department for International Development and the Foreign Office?" As forces sat back with little to offer, the Taliban hit back and British troops there were bunkered up and under daily attack, he wrote.