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Verb
- 1 To move upwards. intransitive
- 2 increase in value or to a higher point wordnet
- 3 To be built or erected. intransitive
"There are new offices going up in town."
- 4 burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire wordnet
- 5 To rise or increase in price, cost, or value. intransitive
"Bananas have gone up because of a shortage."
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- 6 go upward with gradual or continuous progress wordnet
- 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."
- 8 be erected, built, or constructed wordnet
- 9 To forget lines or blocks during public performance. intransitive
"The producer hopes nobody goes up opening night."
- 10 move upward wordnet
- 11 To attend university. British, dated, intransitive
- 12 travel up wordnet
- 13 To be imprisoned. intransitive
"He went up in the spring."
- 14 move towards wordnet
- 15 To appeal for a dismissal.
- 16 To go bankrupt; to be ruined. intransitive
- 17 Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, up.
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