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going up for

going up for is the present participle and gerund 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 going up for

What is going up for the present participle and gerund of?
Going up for is the present participle and gerund of go up for.

Words near going up for in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: going 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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