to go up, to climb (go to a higher position) / to ascend, go higher, go uphill, go upstairs / to get on, get in (a vehicle) / to rise (get to a higher figurative position (socially, or in a league/division etc.)) / to stage, put on (a show) / to ride (a horse) / to mount (a horse) / to bring up, take up, put up, get up (lift or carry something to a higher position) / to turn up, put up (increase the volume etc.) / to raise (increase the level, price etc.) / to put up (a tent) / to string (an instrument) / to edit

to stand guard, to keep watch

to get a promotion, to get promoted

(figuratively) to enter the fray, to step up to the plate

(transitive) to highlight; to build up, to play up, to blow up (sometimes out of proportion)

(military) to go up to the front lines / (figuratively) to enter the fray, to step up to the plate

(tennis) to go up to the net, to move close to the net

(figuratively) to go to heaven, to die

to go to someone's head

(of an engine) to rev up / (informal, figuratively) to get angry