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

If the cost of a new iPhone goes up by £200 ($265.99), and the cost of a screen repair goes up by £20 ($26.60), that’s still a huge difference. —Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025

Pricing for Shard Place rentals starts at $937 per week for studios (roughly $3,800 a month) and goes up to $2,512 per week for the three-bedroom apartments (about over $10,000 per month). —Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 30 Apr. 2025

Paying $50 for a Miami Mint e-cigarette might seem worth the cost to someone who is hooked on nicotine, but when vape prices go up, research suggests that some consumers stop buying. —Nicholas Florko, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2025

Housing costs have skyrocketed while wages remain flat: The Pew Center found that the average price for a single-family home went up 51.7% between August 2019 and August 2024. —Elise Taylor, Vogue, 30 Apr. 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