Levitate: can you use your action to move the target in any direction?

@JeremyECrawford Levitate spell: is it limited to up and down movement or can you use your action to move the target in any direction?

— Alex Gonzalez (@AXGM) December 2, 2016

Levitate: the spell says you can move the target up or down. If it meant any direction, it would say that instead. #DnD https://t.co/J4zPxVt3VX

— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) December 3, 2016