go up

verb

went up; gone up; going up; goes up

intransitive verb

1

: to be built or erected

a new sign went up

2

chiefly British : to attend a university

3

of an actor : to become confused

see also:

go up in flames go up in smoke

Examples of go up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Taylor ended the night by going up the stage alongside her One Battle After Another castmates to accept the award for Best Picture as the film took the top honor of the night. —Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 16 Mar. 2026

Air New Zealand was one of the first to announce that its ticket prices would go up. —Emily Lorsch, NBC news, 16 Mar. 2026

The building went up for sale last last year, allowing the city to step in and buy it. —Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026

Rent going up, real estate lines redrawn. —Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Rhymes for go up

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