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

And survival statistics always go up because the survival clock is started earlier and because overdiagnosed patients do really well. — H. Gilbert Welch, STAT, 6 Oct. 2026

Wouldn't diesel prices come down as the American supply went up? — Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2026

Dialects are as thick as old paint; symbols go up like flares. — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Sets have gone up, come down, and given way to something entirely different. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 5 Oct. 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