Go up

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To move upwards. intransitive
  2. 2
    increase in value or to a higher point wordnet
  3. 3
    To be built or erected. intransitive

    "There are new offices going up in town."

  4. 4
    burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire wordnet
  5. 5
    To rise or increase in price, cost, or value. intransitive

    "Bananas have gone up because of a shortage."

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  1. 6
    go upward with gradual or continuous progress wordnet
  2. 7
    To be consumed by fire. intransitive

    "The building went up in smoke. Once the fire got out of the basement, the building went up in minutes."

  3. 8
    be erected, built, or constructed wordnet
  4. 9
    To forget lines or blocks during public performance. intransitive

    "The producer hopes nobody goes up opening night."

  5. 10
    move upward wordnet
  6. 11
    To attend university. British, dated, intransitive
  7. 12
    travel up wordnet
  8. 13
    To be imprisoned. intransitive

    "He went up in the spring."

  9. 14
    move towards wordnet
  10. 15
    To appeal for a dismissal.
  11. 16
    To go bankrupt; to be ruined. intransitive
  12. 17
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, up.

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