When plants shoot on the earth, their stems grow away from the gravity (the force that keeps your feet on the ground), and so they always shoot upwards.
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Prev: At that time our relations were going upwards, but since then they have been going downwards [ downhill].
Next: Slowly and almost imperceptibly the road started to climb upwards, looping its way in languid curves around the forested hills.
