go up

Definition

› to be destroyed in a fire or explosion: The wind was so strong, the house went up in flames almost immediately.

(Definition of go up from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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go to the trouble to do something idiom
go to town (on something) idiom
go together phrasal verb
go under phrasal verb
go up in smoke idiom
go up phrasal verb
go v BE EXPRESSED
go v BE FINAL
go v BE KNOWN
go v BE SITUATED
go v BE SOLD

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