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go up

verb

  1. 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

  2. to be destroyed

    the house went up in flames

  3. to go or return (to college or university) at the beginning of a term or academic year
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Chinese imports to the US face a range of tariffs that go up to 245% for some goods.

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She says: "We got a shout-out from Ant and Dec and went up on a scissor lift above the Newcastle United fans, which was incredible."

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Usually after a season, I go up to my mom’s house in Nebraska and hang out with her.

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As the lights went up, a masked replica of the Statue of Liberty’s head was at the center of the stage.

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The region was just beginning to attract fledgling business investments, but those too could dry up if hostilities go up.

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