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• go or come up a (slope or staircase); ascend.

• "we began to climb the hill"

Similar: ascend, mount, scale, scramble up, clamber up, shin up, go up, move up, walk up, make one's way up, swarm up, conquer, shinny (up),

Opposite: descend,

• move with effort, especially into or out of a confined space; clamber.

• "Howard started to climb out of the front seat"

Similar: clamber, scramble, scrabble, claw one's way, crawl,

• an ascent, especially of a mountain or hill, by climbing.

• "this walk involves a long moorland climb"

Similar: ascent, clamber, conquest,

Opposite: descent,

Origin: Old English climban, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German klimmen, also to clay and cleave2.

• feel frustrated, helpless, and trapped.
"his job soon had him climbing the walls"

• be facing a very difficult task.
"we have a mountain to climb, but I am looking forward to the challenge"

• withdraw from a position taken up in argument or negotiation.
"he was forced to climb down over the central package in the bill"