if a noise goes up from a group of people, they all start to make it
if lights go up, especially in a theatre or cinema, they are switched on and gradually become brighter
if something such as a notice or sign goes up somewhere, it is put in a place where people can see it
if the curtain goes up in a theatre, it is raised or opened at the beginning of a performance
to be built
to be long or tall enough to reach a particular higher point or level
to go to a university, especially Oxford or Cambridge, at the beginning of a term (=period of study) or a course of study
to increase
to move to a higher division in a sports league (=a group of teams)
to start burning quickly or explode
to travel to a place that is larger or more important than the place that you are leaving
to travel towards the north
A cheer went up from the crowd.
A new office block is going up on Oxford Street.
From the air, it looked as if the entire city was going up in flames.
He told me to go up, he'd join me, which he did, hours later, maybe two or three o'clock in the morning.
Let’s go up to London next week.
Max goes up to Scotland to fish every summer.
Obviously if he was going to talk to her, he was going to have to go up and interrupt them.
Posters for the show are going up all over town.
So we'll just tag along with you and the band when you go up tomorrow.
The fire escape only went up to the second floor.
The price of oil has gone up by over 50 per cent in less than a year.
The whole building went up in just a few minutes.
We’d like to see the baby’s weight going steadily up.
`I reckon you should be prepared to go up to thirty million for this.
goes up
going up
went up
gone up
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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