go up

Verb

• travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
  • go up a ladder
    
  • The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope
    

• burn completely; be consumed or destroyed by fire
  • The hut burned down
    
  • The mountain of paper went up in flames
    

• go upward with gradual or continuous progress
  • Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?
    

• be erected, built, or constructed
  • New buildings are going up everywhere
    

• move towards
  • We were approaching our destination
    
  • They are drawing near
    
  • The enemy army came nearer and nearer
    

• increase in value or to a higher point
  • prices climbed steeply
    
  • the value of our house rose sharply last year
    

• move upward
  • The fog lifted
    
  • The smoke arose from the forest fire
    
  • The mist uprose from the meadows
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  ascend , burn down , burn up , climb , climb up , mount , approach , near , come on , draw near , draw close , come near , rise , lift , arise , move up , come up , uprise
• Antonyms: 
  descend , fall , go down , come down