'go up' definitions:
Definition of 'go up'
(from WordNet)
verb
Move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows" [syn: rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise] [ant: come down, descend, fall, go down]
verb
Increase in value or to a higher point; "prices climbed steeply"; "the value of our house rose sharply last year" [syn: rise, go up, climb]
verb
Move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer" [syn: approach, near, come on, go up, draw near, draw close, come near]
verb
Be erected, built, or constructed; "New buildings are going up everywhere"
verb
Go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?" [syn: climb, climb up, mount, go up]
verb
Burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire; "The hut burned down"; "The mountain of paper went up in flames" [syn: burn down, burn up, go up]
verb
Synonyms of 'go up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accrue,
- accumulate,
- advance,
- appreciate,
- arise,
- ascend,
- balloon,
- be ruined,
- become insolvent,
- bloat,
- boom,
- break,
- breed,
- broaden,
- bust,
- collapse,
- come up,
- crash,
- crescendo,
- curl upwards,
- develop,
- fail,
- fold,
- fold up,
- gain,
- gain strength,
- get ahead,
- go bankrupt,
- go broke,
- go into receivership,
- go to glory,
- go to hell,
- go to perdition,
- go to pot,
- go to ruin,
- go to shivers,
- go to smash,
- go to smithereens,
- go under,
- go wrong,
- grow,
- grow up,
- increase,
- intensify,
- levitate,
- loom,
- mount,
- multiply,
- proliferate,
- rear,
- rear up,
- rise,
- rise up,
- run up,
- shoot up,
- shut down,
- snowball,
- spiral,
- spire,
- spread,
- stand up,
- strengthen,
- surge,
- swarm up,
- sweep up,
- swell,
- tower,
- up,
- upgo,
- upgrow,
- upheave,
- uprise,
- upspin,
- upstream,
- upsurge,
- upswarm,
- upwind,
- wax,
- widen
Words containing 'go up'
- Go,
- Go to,
- Going,
- Going out,
- Goings on,
- Goings out,
- No go,
- On the go,
- To go about,
- To go against,
- To go below,
- To go between,
- To go by,
- To go down,
- To go for,
- To go in,
- To go in and out,
- To go in for,
- To go in to,
- To go into,
- To go it,
- To go off,
- To go on,
- To go out,
- To go over,
- To go through,
- To go through with,
- To go under,
- To go up,
- To go with,
- go about,
- go after,
- go against,
- go all out,
- go at,
- go before,
- go between,
- go by,
- go down,
- go down on,
- go for,
- go go,
- go in,
- go in for,
- go in with,
- go into,
- go off,
- go on,
- go on and on,
- go out,
- go over,
- go through,
- go to it,
- go under,
- go with,
- going on,
- going under,
- have a go,
- have a go at it,
- Go-between,
- Go-by,
- Go-out,
- Going barrel,
- Going forth,
- Great go,
- In-going,
- Little go,
- To come and go,
- To go abraod,
- To go against the grain of,
- To go against time,
- To go ahead,
- To go all fours,
- To go and come,
- To go aside,
- To go back on,
- To go bet,
- To go beyond,
- To go by the board,
- To go far,
- To go for nothing,
- To go forth,
- To go halves,
- To go hard with,
- To go ill with,
- To go in unto,
- To go into liquidation,
- To go into particulars,
- To go it alone,
- To go large,
- To go off halfcocked,
- To go off the hooks,
- To go on the road,
- To go on the stump,
- To go over to the majority,
- To go shares,
- To go through the mill,
- To go to ground,
- To go to law,
- To go to loggerheads,
- To go to meat,
- To go to naught,
- To go to pot,
- To go to rack,
- To go to sea,
- To go to the bottom,
- To go to the dogs,
- To go to the wall,
- To go to the world,
- To go to work,
- To go upon,
- To go well with,
- To go without,
- To go wrong,
- To let go,
- To touch and go,
- Touch and go,
- a going business,
- come and go,
- coming and going,
- easy going,
- get going,
- go across,
- go ahead,
- go along,
- go along with,
- go around,
- go astray,
- go away,
- go back,
- go back on,
- go back over,
- go backpacking,
- go bad,
- go ballistic,
- go beyond,
- go board,
- go deep,
- go dutch,
- go far,
- go figure,
- go fish,
- go for broke,
- go forth,
- go forward,
- go game,
- go getter,
- go home,
- go over big,
- go overboard,
- go past,
- go places,
- go slow,
- go slumming,
- go steady,
- go straight,
- go the limit,
- go through the motions,
- go to bed,
- go to extremes,
- go to pieces,
- go to pot,
- go to sleep,
- go to the dogs,
- go to town,
- go to war,
- go together,
- go too far,
- go up in smoke,
- go wrong,
- go-no-further,
- going ashore,
- going away,
- going strong,
- going to jerusalem,
- going-over,
- keep going,
- know what's going on,
- let go,
- let go of,
- let it go,
- letting go,
- no-go,
- on-going,
- sentry go,
- to go bust,
- to go down the drain,
- Go-devil,
- High-go,
- To go a-begging,
- To go cross lots,
- To go heels over head,
- To go long of the market,
- To go one's way,
- To go the way of all the earth,
- To let go by the run,
- To see how the squares go,
- Way-going,
- Woolward-going,
- easy-going,
- get-go,
- get-up-and-go,
- give-and-go,
- go a long way,
- go around in circles,
- go belly-up,
- go off half cocked,
- go one better,
- go to great lengths,
- go to hell in a handbasket,
- go without saying,
- go-ahead,
- go-around,
- go-as-you-please,
- go-cart,
- go-getter,
- go-kart,
- go-slow,
- go-to-meeting,
- hide and go seek,
- no-go area,
- steady-going,
- to go over the head of a person,
- to go the way of all flesh,
- touch-and-go,
- Happy-go-lucky,
- Merry-go-round,
- To go off half-cocked,
- Way-going crop,
- go off at half-cock,
- go off half-cocked,
- going-out-of-business sale,
- sunday-go-to-meeting