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uphill definition

up·hill (up′hil′)

adverb

  1. toward the top of a hill or incline; upward
  2. with difficulty; laboriously

adjective

  1. going or sloping up; rising
  2. calling for prolonged effort; laborious
  3. located on high ground

noun

a sloping rise or ascent

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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