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up•hill

Pronunciation: (
—adv., adj.up'hil';
—n.up'hil"), [key]
—adv.
up or as if up the slope of a hill or other incline; upward: The soldiers marched uphill. Water does not run uphill without assistance.

—adj.
1. going or tending upward on or as if on a hill: an uphill road.
2. at a high place or point: an uphill village.
3. laboriously fatiguing or difficult: an uphill struggle to become wealthy.

—n.
a rising terrain; ascent.

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