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Go up

verb

Move upward. Synonyms: arise, come up, lift, move up, rise, uprise. "The smoke arose from the forest fire" , "The mist uprose from the meadows"

Increase in value or to a higher point. Synonyms: climb, rise. "The value of our house rose sharply last year"

Move towards. Synonyms: approach, come near, come on, draw close, draw near, near. "They are drawing near" , "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

Be erected, built, or constructed.

Go upward with gradual or continuous progress. Synonyms: climb, climb up, mount.

Burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire. Synonyms: burn down, burn up. "The mountain of paper went up in flames"

Travel up,. Synonym: ascend. "Go up a ladder" , "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"

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"Go up" Quotes from Famous Books

... crept up another step; "Sylvia, will you always think of me just here on this step, as you go up to bed?" ...

— Countess Kate • Charlotte M. Yonge

... off, in the first place the upper parts of all the larger spikes, in the second place, the upper third part of each pod, and lastly all the small and weak twigs. In doing so the percentage is claimed to go up to 67-70%, and in some instances even higher. This operation is to be performed as soon as the required number of flowers have ceased blossoming. All the nutrient materials, destined for the seeds, ...

— Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation • Hugo DeVries

... tell him a secret. This very Kell had deceived him once, like a knave as he was, and he was watching to punish him, but he daren't go up to the castle in the broad daylight, particularly now while the wedding was going on. ...

— Sidonia The Sorceress V1 • William Mienhold

... Charles to wait for. He could not go on with his honeymoon, so he would go up to London and work—he felt too miserable hanging about. He and Dolly would have the furnished flat while his father rested quietly in the country with Evie. He could also keep an eye on his own little house, which was being ...

— Howards End • E. M. Forster

... go up to th' Abbey directly, mother," said Jem, with a wink, "Mistress Nutter wishes to see ye. Yo'n find her i' t' ruins o' t' owd convent church. Tak kere yo're neaw seen. ...

— The Lancashire Witches - A Romance of Pendle Forest • William Harrison Ainsworth

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