go up

English

Verb

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

1. (transitive, intransitive) to move upwards

   Are you going up the mountain? No, I went up yesterday.

2. (intransitive) to be built or erected

   There are new offices going up in town.

3. (intransitive) to rise or increase

   The price of bananas has gone up because of a shortage.

4. (intransitive) to be consumed by fire

   The building went up in smoke.

5. (intransitive) to forget lines or blocks during public performance

   The producer hopes nobody goes up opening night.

6. (intransitive, UK) To attend university.

Synonyms

• (move upwards): rise
• (be built or erected):
• (rise or increase): rise, increase
• (be consumed by fire): burn up
• (forget lines or blocks during public performance): foul up

Translations

to move upwards

Finnish: nousta (fi)

Spanish: subir (es)

to be built

Finnish: nousta (fi)

to rise or increase

Finnish: nousta (fi)

to be consumed by fire

Finnish: hävitä (fi), kadota (fi)

to forget lines during public performance

Finnish: unohtaa vuorosanansa (fi)

to attend university

Finnish: käydä (fi)

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Basque: igo (eu) Dutch: opgaan (nl)

Esperanto: plialtiĝi (eo) Hungarian: felmegy (hu) Portuguese: subir (pt)