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appear to be moving upward, as by means of tendrils
the vine climbed up the side of the house -
go upward with gradual or continuous progress
Did you ever climb up the hill behind your house? -
rise in rank or status
Her new novel jumped high on the bestseller list
How To Use climb up In A Sentence
- They sneak forward to climb up the small gap between the lorry 's cab and trailer. The Sun
- It's almost impossible to climb up the cliff.
- There was a dicey moment as one of our party made a risky climb up the cliff wall.
- I backed away slowly, feeling an automatic hello-there kind of absentminded smile climb up on my face as a disguise. Darkly Dreaming Dexter
- This was a particularly risky means of concluding a siege as the attackers using ladders would be continually assailed from above on their climb up the walls.
- This fire-lookout platform is 190ft up a karri tree and it's a gut-busting climb up 153 metal pegs. Times, Sunday Times
- The dangers of the climb up Mt. Washington only whetted our appetite for more adventure.
- Provide some support and the tendrils will climb up to the sky.
- For example, ground birds can usually only walk horizontally on the ground whereas woodpeckers climb up and down vertically on tree trunks.
- It is only dangerous if you attempt to climb up on to the wall, which he seems to forget is about five feet high!
