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Go up meaning

Go up is a phrasal verb with 5 meanings. One of them is to become higher in level, amount, or price.

Past simple
went up
Past participle
gone up
-ing form
going up

What go up means

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To become higher in level, amount, or price

Rents keep going up every year.

4 more meanings of go up are in the Retite app, each with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With go: go out, go in, go on, go off, go away, go back, go together, go with, go down, go through.

With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, bring up, mess up, break up.

Common questions

What does go up mean?

It has 5 meanings. One of them is to become higher in level, amount, or price. The other 4, each with an example and a translation into your language, are in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of go up?

Went up. The past participle is gone up.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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