What does up-and-down mean?

up-and-down

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Frequency: 5.75 in modern English

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"They were men; and they were fighting; savage, desperate, up-and-down fighting, such as Tom had seen too many times before."
"As I entered the room, the fire [...] flickering light through the wide-open door over the room, which was very deep, and furnished in the old style with high-backed Russia leather chairs, and one of those settees which were intended for farthingales and straight up-and-down positions."

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