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| VERB: | 1. To move upward on or along: ascend, climb, go up, scale2. See RISE. 2. To make or become greater or larger: aggrandize, amplify, augment, boost, build, build up, burgeon, enlarge, escalate, expand, extend, grow, increase, magnify, multiply, proliferate, rise, run up, snowball, soar, swell, upsurge, wax. Informal : beef up. See INCREASE. 3. To attain a higher status, rank, or condition: advance, ascend, climb, rise. Idioms: go up the ladder. See INCREASE, RISE. 4. To move from a lower to a higher position: arise, ascend, climb, lift, rise, soar. See RISE.
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