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Dictionary definition · go up

verb

  1. move upward"The fog lifted"
  2. increase in value or to a higher point"prices climbed steeply"
  3. move towards"We were approaching our destination"
  4. be erected, built, or constructed"New buildings are going up everywhere"
  5. go upward with gradual or continuous progress"Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
  6. burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire"The hut burned down"
  7. travel up"We ascended the mountain"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).