1 "Look up" the word in the average sized desk dictionary where it may "take up" about 1/4 of a page and can "add up" to about thirty definitions.

2 Define "up" as basically "toward the sky", at or near "the top position or quality". There are many other meanings and uses as an [adv], [prep], [adj], [n] or [v] -- and also for informal use (slang, lingo, jargon) as found in this article.

3 "Study up" on its more proper uses.

4 "Build up" a list of the many ways "up" is used. It could "take up" a lot of your time, but don't "give up".

5 "Bring up" your usable slang and "think up" more expressions with up. Such slang is not trivial, "face up" to the facts that it is sometimes used everywhere by a billion English speakers.

6 Grow the list to fifty or a hundred ways that up is used. Add to the list of usage below if you wish.