go up to sth
— phrasal verb with go /ɡəʊ/
/ɡoʊ/ verb (present participle going, past tense went, past participle gone)Definition
› to reach as far as something: The path going up to the back door is very muddy. This edition's rather out-of-date and only goes up to 1989.Arriving, entering and invadingContinue and last
(Definition of go up to sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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