What part of speech is 'to' here?
Stay on the line until an operator becomes available. This can take up TO ten minutes.
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Preposition in this example. If you say "I like to travel" then "to" is a particle
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In your example the words 'up + to = 'up to'' will always be used together when talking about how long/far something might be in numbers.
eg. Sometimes, I could be stuck in traffic up to 2 hours.
My washing can take up to 3 hours to dry.
My car can travel up to 200 kmph
The Temperature can reach up to 40 degrees on some days.
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