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

Jamie Mead, Thomas James’s chief executive, estimated that for residents who wanted to stay and rebuild, the cost of construction in the Palisades would go up to $1,200 per square foot. —Robert Petkoff Krish Seenivasan Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025

In other words, when bond yields go down, bond prices go up. —Max Zahn, ABC News, 8 Apr. 2025

The Kings went up 111-105 on a 3-pointer by LaVine with 8:28 to go. —Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2025

Another study conducted in Galesburg, Illinois found that the number of cavity-free 14-year-olds dropped by 10% and the rate of cavities went up by 38% when the city switched its water supply from naturally fluoridated water to an alternative water source with little fluoride. —Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 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