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

Never mind—that the United States had had no income tax not twenty years before (in 1913) and that the top rate of that tax the year before, in 1932, had gone up one-and-a-half fold, from 25 to 63 percent. —Brian Domitrovic, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025

The problem comes when inflation gets out of hand — when average prices go up faster than average wages are going up. —Vivian Tu, CNBC, 29 Aug. 2025

While out on patrol, his own home went up in flames. —Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025

Unless flags only go up when they’re waved in resistance. —Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 28 Aug. 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