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go up
verb
(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
to be destroyed
the house went up in flames
to go or return (to college or university) at the beginning of a term or academic year
Idioms and Phrases
Be put up, as in New buildings are going up all over town .
Rise; increase. For example, His temperature is going up at an alarming rate , or The costs of construction are going up all the time . [Late 1800s]
Also, be gone up . Be destroyed, ruined, done for; also, die, be killed. For example, If we're not back in a week, you'll know we've gone up , or In spite of our efforts, the plans for a new library are gone up . [ Slang ; mid-1800s]
Forget one's lines on the stage or make a mistake in performing music. For example, Don't worry, you know your part and you won't go up , or He went up in the last movement of the sonata . [ Slang ; 1960s] Also see the subsequent idioms beginning with go up .
Example Sentences
The latest statistics go up to March and therefore don't take into account the knock-on effect of increased small boat crossings in the months since.
Yet, Song resists the urge to follow any formula herself, forging questions about love and romance that can’t all be answered by the time the credits roll and the lights go up.
"For some people this is a crime scene, for others it's where their loved ones have passed. For me personally it's where my childhood went up in flames."
The price of electricity in Guernsey is going up with tariffs rising next month.
When the wholesale oil price goes up, many people notice it first when it leads to higher petrol prices.
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