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Go Up

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Verb

1. arise, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise

move upward

Example Sentences:
'The fog lifted'
'The smoke arose from the forest fire'
'The mist uprose from the meadows'

2. climb, go up, rise

increase in value or to a higher point

Example Sentences:
'prices climbed steeply'
'the value of our house rose sharply last year'

3. approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near

move towards

Example Sentences:
'We were approaching our destination'
'They are drawing near'
'The enemy army came nearer and nearer'

4. go up

be erected, built, or constructed

Example Sentences:
'New buildings are going up everywhere'

5. climb, climb up, go up, mount

go upward with gradual or continuous progress

Example Sentences:
'Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?'

6. burn down, burn up, go up

burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire

Example Sentences:
'The hut burned down'
'The mountain of paper went up in flames'

7. ascend, go up

travel up,

Example Sentences:
'We ascended the mountain'
'go up a ladder'
'The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Go Up

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verb (intr, mainly adverb)
1. (also preposition)
to move or lead to or as if to a higher place or level; rise; increase
prices are always going up
the curtain goes up at eight o'clock
new buildings are going up all around us
2. 
to be destroyed
the house went up in flames
3. British
to go or return (to college or university) at the beginning of a term or academic year

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Go Up

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1. 
to rise in value, price, etc.; increase
2.  British
to enter a university

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Go Up

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v. went (wĕnt), gone (gôn, gŏn), go·ing, goes (gōz)
v.intr.
1. To move or travel; proceed: We will go by bus. Solicitors went from door to door seeking donations. How fast can the boat go?
2. To move away from a place; depart: Go before I cry.
3.
a. To pursue a certain course: messages that go through diplomatic channels to the ambassador.
b. To resort to another, as for aid: went directly to the voters of her district.
4.
a. To extend between two points or in a certain direction; run: curtains that go from the ceiling to the floor.
b. To give entry; lead: a stairway that goes to the basement.
5. To function properly: The car won't go.
6.
a. To have currency.
b. To pass from one person to another; circulate: Wild rumors were going around the office.
7. To pass as the result of a sale: The gold watch went to the highest bidder.
8. Informal Used as an intensifier or to indicate annoyance when joined by and to a coordinate verb: She went and complained to Personnel.
9. Used in the progressive tense with an infinitive to indicate future intent or expectation: I am going to learn how to dance.
10.
a. To continue to be in a certain condition or continue an activity: go barefoot.
b. To come to be in a certain condition: go mad; hair that had gone gray.
c. To continue to be in effect or operation: a lease with one year to go.
d. To carry out an action to a certain point or extent: Your parents went to great expense to put you through college.
11. To be called; be known: Our friend William often goes by Billy.
12.
a. To be customarily located; belong: The fork goes to the left of the plate. Where do the plates go?
b. To be capable of entering or fitting: Will the suitcase go into the trunk of your car?
13.
a. To pass into someone's possession: All the jewelry went to her heirs.
b. To be allotted: How much of your salary goes for rent?
14. To be a contributing factor: It all goes to show us that the project can be completed on time.
15.
a. To have a particular form: as the saying goes.
b. To be such, by and large: well behaved, as big dogs go.
16.
a. To extend in time: The story goes back to the Middle Ages.
b. To pass by; elapse: The day went pleasantly enough until I received your call.
17.
a. To be used up or finished: My interest in such things has gone.
b. To be discarded or abolished: All luxuries will have to go.
18.
a. To become weak; fail: His hearing has started to go.
b. To give way; break up: The dam is about to go.
19. To cease living; die.
20.
a. To happen or develop; fare: How are things going?
b. To have a successful outcome: creativity that made the advertising campaign really go.
21. To be suitable or appropriate as an accessory or accompaniment: a color that goes beautifully with your complexion.
22.
a. To have authority: Whatever I say goes.
b. To be valid, acceptable, or adequate.
23. Informal To urinate or defecate: I left the meeting early because I really had to go!
24. Informal To begin an act: Here goes!
25. Obsolete To walk.
v.tr.
1. To proceed or move according to: I was free to go my own way.
2. To traverse: Only two of the runners went the entire distance.
3. To engage in: went skiing.
4. Informal
a. To bet: go $20 on the black horse.
b. To bid: I'll go $500 on the vase.
5. Informal
a. To take on the responsibility or obligation for: go bail for a client.
b. To participate to (a given extent): Will you go halves with me if we win the lottery?
6. To amount to; weigh: a shark that went 400 pounds.
7. Sports To have as a record: went 3 for 4 against their best pitcher.
8. Informal To enjoy: I could go a cold beer right now.
9. Informal To say or utter. Used chiefly in verbal narration: First I go, "Thank you," then he goes, "What for?"
n. pl. goes
1. The act or an instance of going.
2. An attempt; an effort: had a go at acting.
3. The time or period of an activity.
4. Informal Energy; vitality: had lots of go.
5. Informal
a. The go-ahead.
b. often Go The starting point: "And from Go there was something deliciously illicit about the whole affair" (Erica Abeel).
c. Informal A situation in which planned operations can be effectuated: The space mission is a go.
adj.
Informal Functioning correctly and ready for action: All systems are go.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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