go up
Third Person
goes up
Present Participle
going up
Past Tense
went up
Past Participle
gone up
1
to increase in value, extent, amount, etc.
- The demand for the product caused its price to go up.
- Real estate prices have been going up steadily in this area.
- The company's profits are expected to go up significantly this year.
- The temperature is forecasted to go up throughout the week.
- Due to inflation, the cost of living has gone up.
2
to go to a higher place
transitive
- After the meeting, he will go up to his office.
- She went up the ladder to fix the roof.
- The elevator goes up to the tenth floor.
- The rocket will go up into space tomorrow morning.
- When we hike, we always try to go up to the highest peak for the best view.
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3
to travel from one location to another, often in a northern direction or to a larger urban area from a smaller one
- She's planning to go up to New York for a business conference.
- They decided to go up to the mountains for a weekend getaway.
- We're going up from our small town to the bustling city for a special event.
- Our family enjoys going up from the countryside to the metropolitan area for cultural experiences.
- He went up to Boston to attend a music festival.
5
to be constructed or built
- A new skyscraper is set to go up in the city's financial district.
- Several housing developments have gone up in the suburban area.
- The school announced that a new library will go up on the campus.
8
(of a cheer, groan, cry, or other loud noises) to simultaneously erupt from a significant number of people, often in reaction to something specific
- When the team scored a goal, a loud cheer went up from the fans in the stadium.
- A collective groan went up from the audience when they heard the disappointing news.
- A loud cheer went up in the stadium when the team scored a goal.
- As the clock struck midnight, cheers went up all over the city to welcome the new year.
- A chorus of laughter went up from the audience in response to the comedian's jokes.
9
to forget lines or actions while performing in front of an audience
- Nerves got the best of him, and he went up in the middle of his speech.
- The actress went up on her lines, leaving an awkward silence on stage.
- He had stage fright and went up during the important monologue.
- It happens to the best of actors; sometimes they go up on their lines.
- The comedian managed to recover smoothly when he went up on his joke.
10
to enroll or arrive at a university, particularly Oxford or Cambridge, at the start of an academic term
- She was excited to go up to Oxford in the autumn to start her undergraduate degree.
- She's preparing to go up to Cambridge for her graduate studies.
- The students can't wait to go up and start their academic journey.
- I remember the excitement of going up when I was a freshman at Oxford.
- He'll be going up in the fall to study law at Cambridge.