- be on your uppers
- British informal old-fashioned
to have almost no money left
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be on your uppers
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be on uppers — be (down) on (your) uppers British, old fashioned to be in a very bad financial situation. Hungary s once successful film industry is on its uppers. He was always ready to help anyone who was down on their uppers … New idioms dictionary
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upper — I UK [ˈʌpə(r)] / US [ˈʌpər] adjective [only before noun] *** 1) higher than something else, especially one of two things that are a pair He had a scar on his upper lip. You ll be able to see more if you sit on the upper deck of the bus. 2) near… … English dictionary
