go up

Definitions

1. 1

   To move upwards.

2. 2

   To be built or erected.

   • There are new offices going up in town.
3. 3

   To rise or increase in price, cost, or value.

   • Bananas have gone up because of a shortage.
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   1. 4

      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.
   2. 5

      To forget lines or blocks during public performance.

      • The producer hopes nobody goes up opening night.
   3. 6

      To attend university.

   4. 7

      To be imprisoned.

      • He went up in the spring.
   5. 8

      To appeal for a dismissal.

   6. 9

      To go bankrupt

      To go bankrupt; to be ruined.

   7. 10

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, up.

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