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Meaning of up, down (he puked all down my shirt; she puked her dinner up again)



 
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verb + not as negation? | Expression 'A very short space of time through very short times of space'
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Meaning of up, down (he puked all down my shirt; she puked her dinner up again) #1 (permalink) Sun Aug 19, 2007 18:40 pm   Meaning of up, down (he puked all down my shirt; she puked her dinner up again)		  
The baby puked all down my shirt.
She puked her dinner up again.

Could you explain what the "down" and "up" means in the above sentences respectively?
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Meaning of up, down (he puked all down my shirt; she puked her dinner up agai #2 (permalink) Mon Aug 20, 2007 11:41 am   Meaning of up, down (he puked all down my shirt; she puked her dinner up agai		  
learning_english wrote:
The baby puked all down my shirt.

The baby vomited downward, and the vomit covered my shirt.
learning_english wrote:
She puked her dinner up again.

The food had gone down into her stomach, but it shot back up from her stomach as vomit.
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