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

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

The vehicles going up for bid include originals and replicas from movies and TV shows like Fast & Furious franchise, John Wick 2, and Drive. —Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025

After that, inflation adjustments could go up or down. —Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 6 Nov. 2025

But turnout went up in the presidential election years and both Democrats were reelected, Clinton fairly comfortably so, and both with north of 300 electoral votes. —W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 6 Nov. 2025

And per real-estate appraiser Jonathan Miller, the average rental price went up by 28 percent in that time period — from $3,550 to $4,550. —Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2025

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