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went up for

went up for is the simple past 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 went up for

What is went up for the simple past of?
Went up for is the simple past of go up for.

Words near went up for in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: went 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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