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

Just when defenses force someone other than the Knicks’ stars to dribble, here comes Anunoby on the baseline going up for a two-hand dunk. —James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 28 May 2026

So the price of marijuana is going up, but fentanyl doesn’t come by boats. —David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026

In Glendale, the city buys gas in bulk and officials said the price went up 31% per gallon between February and April. —Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 27 May 2026

These one-off pieces start around 10,000 euros and could go up to, say, 100,000 euros. —Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 27 May 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