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View synonyms for go up

go up

verb

  1. also preposition to move or lead to or as if to a higher place or level; rise; increase

    prices are always going up

    the curtain goes up at eight o'clock

    new buildings are going up all around us

  2. to be destroyed

    the house went up in flames

  3. to go or return (to college or university) at the beginning of a term or academic year
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Doctor Who fans will have the chance to own pieces of memorabilia from the show when two items go up for auction.

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"That is why I say what I say about formations. If I showed you a shape of how we’d go up against someone else, you’d say 'you can't do that'. But I've seen him work it and I was like 'wow, this works, this is serious'."

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Trump has championed cryptocurrency, and his election saw the value of Bitcoin go up by 30% in the past week due to an expectation that his administration will be more crypto-friendly.

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“Not only would you need to keep a diary, but to access its memories you would have to go up into the attic or wherever it is stored to retrieve it.”

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"Women's boxing is getting better and it's only going to go up from here," Serrano says.

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