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Phrase(s): *up before someone
Fig. standing in front of someone to receive something. (Especially in front of a judge. *Typically: be ~; come ~; stand ~.) • Have you been up before me before? • I have never been up before any judge. *up for auction Fig. to be sold at an auction. (*Typically: be ~; come ~; go ~; put something ~.) • The old farm where I lived as a child is up for auction.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs