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goes up for

goes up for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go up for.

Meaning of go up for

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, up, for.
  2. (informal) Of the fielding side, to appeal for the batsman or batswoman to be out.
    • the keeper went up for a caught behind

Questions about goes up for

What is goes up for the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Goes up for is the third-person singular simple present indicative of go up for.

Words near goes up for in the dictionary

  1. goes tutti-frutti
  2. goes under
  3. goes underground
  4. goes up
  5. goes up against
  6. goes up for
  7. goes up in flames
  8. goes up in smoke
  9. goes viral
  10. goes walkabout
  11. goes walkies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: goes up for (page history and authors); go up for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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