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[Harvey Newstrom]

> At 12:56 AM 1/10/2004 -0800, Spike wrote:
> >What part of speech is "up"?  Does the preposition become
> >a verb?  If so, it represents yet an example of which I
> >can immediately think of only two, the other being the
> >curious catchphrase "the truth will out."

Up the volume.  (Increase the volume.)
Down a plane.  (Crash a plane.)
Out a homosexual.  (Expose a homosexual.)
Off a witness.  (Kill a witness.)
Except an item.  (Exclude an item.)

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