go up

Verb

go up (third-person singular simple present goes up, present participle going up, simple past went up, past participle gone up)

1. (intransitive) To move upwards.

   Synonyms:

   ascend, rise, descend, go down

2. (intransitive) To be built or erected.
   • There are new offices going up in town.
3. (intransitive) To rise or increase in price, cost, or value.
   • Bananas have gone up because of a shortage.

   Synonyms:

   rise, increase

4. (intransitive) To be consumed by fire.
   • The building went up in smoke. Once the fire got out of the basement, the building went up in minutes.

   Synonyms:

   burn up, burn, combust, forburn, outburn, torch

5. (intransitive, performing arts) To forget lines or blocks during public performance.
   • The producer hopes nobody goes up opening night.

   Synonyms:

   foul up

6. (UK, dated, intransitive) To attend university.

   Synonyms:

   go to, read, study

7. (intransitive) To be imprisoned.
   • He went up in the spring.

   Synonyms:

   go under

8. To appeal for a dismissal.
9. (intransitive) To go bankrupt; to be ruined.

   Synonyms:

   go bust, zero out

10. (intransitive, Baltimore) To break down; to stop working.
11. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, up.