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Vinony

up and

  1. (denoting the act of rising or starting up, accompanied by subsequent action)
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Wiktionary

adv

Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from get up and. Possibly a dialect use of up (verb).

  1. Abruptly; unexpectedly.

    “Halfway through the performance he just up and left.”

    “However, all of a sudden she heard a sort of a knocking low down on the door. She upped and oped it, and what should she see but a small little black thing with a long tail.”