🎈 To rise 📈 To increase 🔥 To burn 🏗️ To be built 🌐 To be posted

to go up

∞ 1.0

To move to a higher position

phrasal verb
/ɡoʊ ʌp/

: subir

So now we go up to the second floor.
go up two steps

You know, what goes up also comes down.

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Examples

Then I got annoyed and went up to the counter, where the manager was...

Academic text (2017)
We need to go up the stairs to reach the rooftop terrace.
No, these two go up here like that.
Can we please go up to the stars?

Ordinary Angels (2024)
We're the only ones going up.

The Ledge (2022)
And then it's going up to the fifth floor.
Let me help with the dishes now, and then I'll go up to my room.

Fiction book (1990)
Beloved, the time has come for us to go up to Jerusalem again!

Academic text (1999)
Guess I can't let you go up there alone.

Armageddon (1998)
As the sun set, the temperature began to go up significantly.

Synonyms

to climb

vsto go up

971 1.0

Move up using your hands and feet, for example on rocks

is a broader description of simple upward movement without climbing effort

to come up

vsto go up

488 2.2

To move from below to a higher place, like a diver rising to the surface

is used more generally for upward movement without appearing emphasis

to rise

vsto go up

410 1.0

To move upward into the air, like smoke or mist

focuses on simple physical upward movement in general situations

to move up

vsto go up

233 2.0

Go to a higher place or level

is the common phrasal way to describe that upward movement

to climb up

vsto go up

151 1.0

To move up using hands and feet, often with effort

describes upward motion without implying effort or use of hands

to mount

vsto go up

99 3.6

To increase or grow over time

refers to upward movement more generally, not necessarily gradual change

to ascend

vsto go up

51 4.0

To move upward to a higher place, for example up a hill or into the sky

is the simple everyday expression for that upward motion

to hop up

vsto go up

23 4.4

To jump up quickly and lightly

describes ordinary upward movement without sudden jumping action

to lift

vsto go up

17 1.0

To rise or move to a higher position

focuses on moving upward without specifying who or what causes it

to soar up

vsto go up

2 3.8

Rise very quickly to a much higher level

is the neutral phrase for upward movement lacking rapid increase

to rocket up

vsto go up

2 4.4

Increase very quickly to a much higher level

is used for plain upward motion without the sharp rapid rise sense

to arise

vsto go up

1 2.7

Move up into the air like smoke or mist

covers upward movement in many contexts, not only airborne cases

to soar upwards

vsto go up

1 3.4

Rise quickly to a much higher level, for example prices or temperatures

means simple upward movement without the sense of great speed

to uprise

vsto go up

1 7.5

Move upward, as mist or smoke does

is the plain, everyday term for the same upward action

Antonyms

to descend

169 2.7

Move from a higher to a lower place

to sink

104 1.0

To go down below the surface of water and become underwater

How High

to soar

91 3.4

to ascend

51 4.0

to go up

∞ 1.0

climb

175 1.6

to rise

630 1.0

Surface Forms

go up infinitive

went up past

going up present participle

goes up third person singular

gone up past participle

Morphology

go + up

There is a clear compositional link: 'go' = become and 'up' signals a change into an 'up' state, so the idea of something becoming available is partially derivable. However, the specific reading 'be posted / uploaded / published (online)' depends on a metaphorical extension of up = online/published and on discourse conventions, so a B1 learner who only knows the literal words may not reliably infer this exact sense.

Etymology

Go up — The verb go up has a very literal image: something moves up toward the sky, like a balloon or an elevator, so it means 'to rise' or 'to climb'.