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Unlike "who's in", it can't be used without a second preposition. If you were to use it in your second sentence, therefore, you would need to say "who's up for that " however this particular expression is better used at the front of a sentence, as you have done in your example.
As for using "down", there's the very slangy "who's down with [doing x or y]? This is not standard English though, by any means. Would one say "Are you up to go Eigenfunction Senior Member England - English. Guill said:. Click to expand Great, thanks!
Arrius Senior Member Spain. Note that, unless things have changed drastically in my absence, neither of the thread phrases are acceptable in either formal or colloquial British English. I would say Who's for a beer? Who's interested? To be up for X has long been used to indicate that someone is going to be tried for an offence Fred's up for fraud at the Old Bailey.
That's interesting, Arrius. I would agree that "who's up for…" is not acceptable in formal english, but I regard it as quite common in spoken English BE. Who's up for a game of cards? Who's up for going to the cinema? Who's up for pizza? In all of these three examples, I'd understand " up for " but I would have used " on for ".
Eigenfunction said:. Soffy New Member Spanish - Ecuador. And, what is the meaning just " Who's up"? Senior Member US English. Florentia52 Modwoman in the attic Wisconsin. It can also be pronounced wassup or whaddup , among other variations. These informal versions of the phrase have only spiked its popularity. Feedback See Today's Synonym. Word of the Day. Meanings Meanings. What's your 20? Examples Origin Usage. What's hot. Valentina Palladino, Ars Technica , December Been a long time since we have gotten wild.
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