In these types of phrases the addition of up or down can be either literal or figurative, depending on context.

When you try to metaphorically convey a person assalting space, you are literally ascending. Generally this means ascending or descending a hill or mountain, ladder, staircase, elevator, etc. If I’m on a 3rd floor and Frank is on the 2nd, I might text him, “Come up to the meeting room, we’re waiting for you”. What

is the meaning of “go up/down”, to indicate

• cardinal directions? Up stands for North as north has a south direction. It is a way to view the south. Does someone have to travel from Los Angeles to San Francisco and back to see the city from there? This is usually used when talking about long distances of travel, especially between different cities/states.
• To indicate travel to or from a city or hub or city. In English, one is said to go “up to town” or simply “up town. In American English, downtown stands for the central business district of a city, and is often used as in “I’m going downtown today. What is Downtown Columbia? )
• To move towards a person’s residence. What does the English dialect of Up and Down mean? Example: “We’re going up to Marilyn’s house. Here are some photographs.” In

context Since

you mentioned that you draw your examples from Oscar Wilde’s well known play The Importance of Being Earnest, I’ll examine those examples in that context.

SCENE

Garden at Manor House. A flight of grey stone steps leads to the house. The garden, an old-fashioned one, with flowers, big ferns, peacocks, and roses. Time of year, July. Basket chairs, and table covered with books, are set under a yew-tree. ( Source )…

CEUCILY.

That is the point of seeing dear Dr. Chasuble coming up through the gardens. He was good. Will chasuble be

able to climb up a hill? In real life? Where Do You Stand? If Cecily is closer to the house than Dr. Chasuble, Wilde could have written it this way to say he is coming up toward the house.

How can me help people with my depression? Well, I know, of course, how important it is not to keep a business engagement, if one wants to retain any sense of the beauty of life, but still I think you had better wait till Uncle Jack arrives. What would an American citizen want to know about his emigration?

How is the evolution of ALGERNON possible? How do I become more aware of what?

Cicly. You are emigrating. How was your relationship with my spouse and I? He has gone up to buy your outfit.. In the main

act, Jack was in London, where he remains at the time of this scene. Although Cecily’s mother was in Great Britain, Henry’s mother says he never visited London again. She says he was never there.