English Explanatory Dictionary

go up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To move upwards.
  2. To be built or erected.
  3. To rise or increase in price, cost, or value.
  4. To be consumed by fire.
  5. To forget lines or blocks during public performance.
  6. To attend university.
  7. To be imprisoned.
  8. To appeal for a dismissal.
  9. To go bankrupt; to be ruined.
  10. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, up.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go up.wav

Word forms

go up goes up going up went up gone up

Synonyms

ascend rise descend go down increase burn up burn combust forburn go up outburn torch foul up go to read study go under go bust zero out

Derived words

what goes up must come down
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