go up

British  

verb

1. (also preposition) to move or lead to or as if to a higher place or level; rise; increase

   prices are always going up

   the curtain goes up at eight o'clock

   new buildings are going up all around us

2. to be destroyed

   the house went up in flames

3. to go or return (to college or university) at the beginning of a term or academic year

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go up Idioms  

1. Be put up, as in New buildings are going up all over town .

2. Rise; increase. For example, His temperature is going up at an alarming rate , or The costs of construction are going up all the time . [Late 1800s]

3. Also, be gone up . Be destroyed, ruined, done for; also, die, be killed. For example, If we're not back in a week, you'll know we've gone up , or In spite of our efforts, the plans for a new library are gone up . [ Slang ; mid-1800s]

4. Forget one's lines on the stage or make a mistake in performing music. For example, Don't worry, you know your part and you won't go up , or He went up in the last movement of the sonata . [ Slang ; 1960s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with go up .

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Example Sentences

"I hope it comes to an end quick, because it's the cost of living, the oil and gas, the prices are only going to keep going up."

From BBC

But many Americans’ heating and electric bills were already going up before the war.

From The Wall Street Journal

Netflix’s standard subscription will now cost an extra dollar a month for users in the U.S., while the price of its standard ad-free and premium subscriptions has each gone up by $2.

From Barron's

"The only generation that the console prices are going up and not down," added another user.

From BBC

Petrol has gone up already and UK domestic heating bills are almost certain to follow.

From BBC

Related Words

• accelerate
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• climb
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• expand
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• lift
• move up
• multiply
• pick up
• raise
• soar
• swell