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climb up

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Verb1.climb up - go upward with gradual or continuous progress; "Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?"
climb, go up, mount
scale - climb up by means of a ladder
escalade - climb up and over; "They had to escalade canyons to reach their destination"
ramp - creep up -- used especially of plants; "The roses ramped over the wall"
mountaineer - climb mountains for pleasure as a sport
go up, rise, move up, lift, arise, come up, uprise - move upward; "The fog lifted"; "The smoke arose from the forest fire"; "The mist uprose from the meadows"
ride - climb up on the body; "Shorts that ride up"; "This skirt keeps riding up my legs"
2.climb up - appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils; "the vine climbed up the side of the house"
ascend
3.climb up - rise in rank or status; "Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list"
jump, rise
change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature; "She changed completely as she grew older"; "The weather changed last night"


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He invaded the turmoil and tumble of the down-town streets and learned to breathe maledictory defiance at the police who occasionally used to climb up, drag him from his perch and beat him.
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Crane, Stephen View in context
I dare you to climb up there and walk the ridgepole of Mr.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
Then they would howl and shriek senseless songs, and invite the Jungle-People to climb up their trees and fight them, or would start furious battles over nothing among themselves, and leave the dead monkeys where the Jungle-People could see them.
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