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Hi,
What does "go up to" mean in the following? How does it differ from a simple "go to"? Could you find the meaning "go up to" in the dictionary?
Another example of 'is anything to go by' could be: you're standing on a station platform, you're looking at your watch, the train is late, you go up to a guard and say: 'When is the next train to London?' And the guard might say, 'Well, if previous trains are anything to go by, it will be half an hour late', meaning that his previous experience of the trains running late is about thirty minutes.
I'd appreciate your help.
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raymondaliasapollyon wrote:Hi,
What does "go up to" mean in the following? How does it differ from a simple "go to"? Could you find the meaning "go up to" in the dictionary?
Another example of 'is anything to go by' could be: you're standing on a station platform, you're looking at your watch, the train is late, you go up to a guard and say: 'When is the next train to London?' And the guard might say, 'Well, if previous trains are anything to go by, it will be half an hour late', meaning that his previous experience of the trains running late is about thirty minutes.
I'd appreciate your help. "go up to" is an idiom. It has the same meaning as "go to" someone, but the "up" that is used serves as an intensifier, and conveys the idea of getting close to the other person, as opposed to standing some distance away.
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you go up to a guard = you approach a guard
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