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go up

verb

Definition of go 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

go up in flames

: burn

go up in smoke

: to be destroyed by or as if by burning

First Known Use of go up

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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