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Definition go up in American English

go up phrasal verb

[intransitive] phrasal verb
1

to increase

Example

We'd like to see the baby's weight going steadily up.

Example

The price of oil has gone up by over 50 percent in less than a year.

Synonyms and related words
increase add to raise
2

to be built

Example

A new office building is going up on State Street.

Synonyms and related words
build erect put together
3

if something such as a notice or sign goes up somewhere, it is put in a place where people can see it

Example

Posters for the show are going up all over town.

Synonyms and related words
appear emerge take shape
Example

The whole building went up in just a few minutes.

Example

From the air, it looked as if the entire city was going up in flames.

Synonyms and related words
burn light blaze
5

to travel toward the north

Example

Max goes up to Canada to fish every summer.

Synonyms and related words
go ride commute
5.1

to travel to a place that is larger or more important than the place that you are leaving

Example

Let's go up to London next week.

Synonyms and related words
go ride commute
6

if a noise goes up from a group of people, they all start to make it

Example

A cheer went up from the crowd.

Synonyms and related words
amplify reverberate fade
7

to be long or tall enough to reach a particular higher point or level

Example

The fire escape went up only to the second floor.

Synonyms and related words
abbreviated as long as your arm attenuated
8

if lights go up, especially in a theater, they are switched on and gradually become brighter

Synonyms and related words
operate come on function
9

if the curtain goes up in a theater, it is raised or opened at the beginning of a performance

Synonyms and related words
acting dark dramatic
10

to go to a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, at the beginning of a term (=period of study) or a course of study

Synonyms and related words
absence absenteeism attend
11

to move to a higher division in a sports league (=a group of teams)

Synonyms and related words
win clinch sweep
Definition go up in American English