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

Restaurants saw a wave of new business from delivery, but had trouble hiring, so output went up quickly without the complementary rise in labor.

From Barron's

What’s Next: Another storm has the potential to disrupt flights and travel early this week, as winter storm watches go up from central Pennsylvania to northern Maine.

From Barron's

“I’ll admit I don’t understand why it continues to go up unfettered,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

One TV contract means a bidding war—part of the schedule might go to streamers Apple, Amazon, Paramount—and the numbers go up.

From The Wall Street Journal

“But we were willing to go up there and play that game.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• accelerate
• advance
• ascend
• build
• climb
• double
• expand
• improve
• lift
• move up
• multiply
• pick up
• raise
• soar
• swell