go upstairs
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Etymology edit
From the practice of the third umpire having a room with an elevated position.
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Verb edit
go upstairs (third-person singular simple present goes upstairs, present participle going upstairs, simple past went upstairs, past participle gone upstairs)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, upstairs.
- (cricket, of an umpire) To request a decision by the third umpire (traditionally by making a sign of a TV set with the hands)