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go up

The children go up the stairs to their bedroom.

Definition
  1. Intransitive Verb:
    • To move or travel to a higher position or level: To ascend or climb.
    • To increase in level, amount, or value: To rise.
    • To be built or erected: To be constructed.
    • To be destroyed by fire: To burn completely.
    • To approach or move towards something: To come nearer.
Examples of Usage
  • Intransitive Verb:
    • The elevator will go up to the top floor.
    • Prices tend to go up during times of inflation.
    • New apartment buildings are going up in the city center.
    • The old barn went up in flames very quickly.
    • As we went up the hill, the view became spectacular.
Advanced Usage
  • "to go up against someone/something": To compete with or oppose a person, team, or challenge.
    • Our team will go up against the champions next week.
  • "to go up in smoke": To be destroyed by fire; figuratively, to fail or come to nothing.
    • All our careful plans went up in smoke after the budget was cut.
  • "to go up to a place/person": To approach or move near to a location or individual.
    • I saw him and went up to say hello.
Variants and Related Words
  • Upswing (n): An increase or improvement.
    • The economy is showing an upswing.
  • Upward (adj/adv): Moving or directed toward a higher position.
    • The upward trend continued for months.
Synonyms
  • Ascend: To go or move upward.
  • Rise: To move from a lower to a higher position; to increase.
  • Climb: To go upward, especially using effort.
  • Approach: To come near or nearer to.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Go up to: To approach and reach a particular point, level, or person.
    • The temperature went up to 40 degrees.
  • Go up in the world: To become more successful or improve one's social status.
    • He has really gone up in the world since he started his own company.
Related Idioms
  • Go up the wall: To become extremely angry, anxious, or frustrated.
    • My parents will go up the wall if I'm late again.
  • Go up a blind alley: To pursue a course of action that leads nowhere or is unproductive.
    • Researching that theory was going up a blind alley.
go up

The children go up the stairs to their bedroom.

Verb
  1. travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
    • go up a ladder
    • The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope
  2. burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
    • The hut burned down
    • The mountain of paper went up in flames
  3. go upward with gradual or continuous progress
    • Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
  4. be erected, built, or constructed
    • New buildings are going up everywhere
  5. move towards
    • We were approaching our destination
    • They are drawing near
    • The enemy army came nearer and nearer
  6. increase in value or to a higher point
    • prices climbed steeply
    • the value of our house rose sharply last year
  7. move upward
    • The fog lifted
    • The smoke arose from the forest fire
    • The mist uprose from the meadows

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