Above and Straight up

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Above adverb - To or in a higher place.

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Straight up and above are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Straight up" instead an adverb "Above".

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Above and straight up are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Above" instead an adverb phrase "Straight up".

He's straight up ace detective and lacks the gadgets and powers of the two above.

Source: Great Detective
Conversely, there are no straight up 'good guys', as trying to be anything above an Anti-Hero doesn't get you very far.

Source: Light Novel / The Legend of the Legendary Heroes
Ice Palace: The Ice Ruins, which seems like a Hailfire Peaks due to hovering above the inside of a volcano, but is just a straight up Slippy-Slidey Ice World.

Source: Videogame / The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

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