Verb: climb up
- Go upward with gradual or continuous progress
"Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house?";
- climb, mount, go up, ascend
- Increase in rank or status
"He climbed up the corporate ladder quickly";
- rise, jump
Derived forms: climbing up, climbed up, climbs up
See also: mount
Type of: arise, change, come up, go up, lift, move up, rise, uprise [archaic, literary]