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What does uphill mean?
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uphill

From lower ground to higher ground She got tired walking uphill. The school is uphill from my house.

uphill

upward on a hill or incline this street lay uphill against difficulties she was talking uphill the upward slope of a hill (= acclivitous) sloping upward

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Simple sentences

I don't want to go uphill.
This is an uphill road.
Greenpeace is fighting an uphill battle to save the environment.
Our car pulled uphill.
There's a grueling uphill stretch of road at mile 23 of the marathon.

Movie subtitles

I thought you must have, miss. It wasn't very uphill.
All uphill, and it was a weary bunch of marines who pitched tents that night and gratefully folded themselves inside.
My bicycle is very useful, but I can't ride uphill on an empty stomach without feeling faint.
Yeah but the way back is uphill.
It's an uphill grind.
Uphill all the way.
The one that don't go uphill? Including' that.
Yes, sir, take the one going uphill. - Thank you.
Uphill, with my brother.
They must come and get me uphill, if they want me.
He has to walk his bike uphill.
I want to try driving it uphill.
I'm in the inferior position of playing uphill.
Never charge uphill like you're leading a troop of cavalry attacking an impregnable position.
Her figure dances before me, peers out of bushes, here and there her dress glitters like a will-o'-the-wisp she rushes me, uphill, downhill, into the air, into the swamps. and yet I held her, after all she was mine!
Now it goes uphill, eh, Miss Brown?
And water runs uphill and dogs miaow and cats bark and water's red-hot in the winter and freezes over in the summer.
You smiled so loud that he had us tow these nags five miles uphill just to exercise them.
Did you ever try it uphill with a few Kraut 88s putting the blast on you?
The way's downhill. - Yeah but the way back is uphill.
You're lucky it wasn't uphill.
They can't keep up uphill.
It's uphill, I can tell you that.
Take the road going uphill.
Let's run after him! He has to walk his bike uphill.
Miss, we're going uphill.
No, uphill.
One ought to go in step with it, uphill or downhill.
From then on, it's been all uphill, Harry.
Now it's chugging uphill.
It's uphill work.
I can smoke uphill and downhill.
My father walked to school, 4:00 every morning, with no shoes on, uphill, both ways, in five feet of snow, and he was thankful.
Uphill?
You know, I think Daphne's fighting an uphill battle with this project of hers.
Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice-skate uphill.
If you lack the courage to fight an uphill battle, then perhaps you should retire to your bed.
Why aren't you uphill with the. uh, young bloods?
Uphill to the North Pole.

News and current affairs

Clearly, efforts to deepen North American political and economic integration will be an uphill battle.
And yet, despite winning the addition of a special protocol to the Nice Treaty that guarantees Ireland's cherished neutrality, Yes supporters face an uphill battle.
One example is pumped hydropower, in which excess wind and solar energy is used to pump water uphill into reservoirs that can later produce hydroelectric power.
But he or she will face an uphill struggle to prove to the world that America can be a force for good, a democratic beacon that cares for the planet and that lives up to the standards that it sets for others.
Insurance, investment, and banking institutions have historically had to fight an uphill battle to get individuals, businesses, and government to pay for risk management.
Without powerful innovations, sustaining productivity growth will be an uphill battle.
Sadly, given the conventional economic wisdom, implementing such measures will be an uphill struggle.
By all accounts a reasonable man, Funes faces an uphill battle in preaching moderation.
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Leviathan faced an uphill public-relations battle.

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