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What does A neatly dressed woman and her young son walked up to the kettle stand.
"walk up to" ?? "up"?? mean?
What does A neatly dressed woman and her young son walked up to the kettle stand.
"walk up to" ?? "up"?? mean?
"walk up to" ?? "up"?? mean?
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In this situation, the "walk up" can be understood as "got closer" "approached" "came nearer to"
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"walk up to" means to approach something. "up" by itself means the direction of either forward or towards the sky.
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