go up

verb

went up; gone up; going up; goes up

intransitive verb

1

chiefly British : to attend a university

2

of an actor : to become confused

3

: to be built or erected

a new sign went up

Phrases

go up in flames

: burn

go up in smoke

: to be destroyed by or as if by burning

Examples of go up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The majority went up between the end of World War I and the beginning of the Great Depression, making many about 100 years old. —Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2025

The Kings went up by 12 early in the fourth quarter. —Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2025

There was a study that came out a couple years ago: If sales people were randomly assigned to have a 30-minute lunch together once a week, four months later, their individual revenue had gone up by 24 percent. —Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025

With his draft positioning largely solidified and the Nittany Lions’ season going up until the national semifinal and the Orange Bowl last month, Warren is not working out at the combine during the on-field drills portion at Lucas Oil Stadium. —David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for go up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup