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

The price of benefit plans for Medicaid and Medicare have also gone up substantially. — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 3 Aug. 2026

As Danhausen went for the money, JD McDonagh showed up, prevented him from going up, and then hit him with a nice moonsault. — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Sami Zayn, who lost the title to Punk, will go up against Finn Balor. — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Well, Xcel says that the average bill will go up about $9 per month to pay for the wildlife mitigation plan. — Michael Abeyta, CBS News, 1 Aug. 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