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

But data shows that nighttime temperatures have actually gone up more. —Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

Established in 2019, The Browser Company has gone up against some of the world’s largest companies, including Google, with Chrome, and Apple, which includes Safari on its computers running MacOS. —Jordan Novet, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025

As one car goes down, its weight helps the other car go up. —Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025

But over the past five seasons, the number of transfers from ‘the 14’ to ‘the six’ has gone up, culminating in 11 so far in 2025-26, with the possibility of more when trading resumes in January. —Oliver Kay, New York Times, 4 Sep. 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