going up
Elevator's typical query
Going up describes upward movement or increase.
An elevator is going up, prices are going up, a building is going up (under construction).
In theater, going up means forgetting one's lines mid-performance—the words simply vanish.
The phrase often appears as a question in elevators: Going up?
Automated people-lifting stairs
- staircaseIndoor flight of steps
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- elevatorVertical conveyance between floors
- climbAscend using effort
rise · ascend · soar · upward · skyward · levitate · hoist · lift
Rank increase or publicity
- progressMovement toward improvement
- improvementPositive change in quality
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
- rankPosition in hierarchy
status · ladder · success · achievement · ambition · mobility · trajectory · breakthrough
escalator
Automated people-lifting stairs
- staircaseIndoor flight of steps
- ladderPortable climbing frame
- elevatorVertical conveyance between floors
climb · rise · ascend · soar · upward · skyward · levitate · hoist · lift · mounting
promotion
Rank increase or publicity
- progressMovement toward improvement
- improvementPositive change in quality
- careerLifelong occupational pursuit
rank · status · ladder · success · achievement · ambition · mobility · trajectory · breakthrough · elevation
increase
Growth in amount
surge · boom · upturn · upswing · appreciation · gains · bullish · stocks · profits · revenue
altitude
Measured height above reference
highland · plateau · ridge · cliff · hillside · slope · heights · mountaineer · climber · high-rise
- elevatorselevator, elevators, elevator shaft, lift shaft, elevator doors
- Going Upclimb, rise, rising, upward, soaring
- stage mishapsmissed cue, line flub, tripping, stumble, trip
going upgoing down
Moving in downward direction
descending · falling · dropping · coming down · sinking
going upgoing down
Moving in downward direction
decreasing · falling · declining · dropping · shrinking
going, uproar, update, uplift, upload, upping, went up, goes up, gone up