v.
1.travel up, "We ascended the mountain"
2.go back in order of genealogical succession
3.become king or queen
4.go along towards (a river's) source
5.slope upwards
6.come up, of celestial bodies
Idiom of the Day
cop a plea
to plead guilty to a crime in order to get a lesser penalty
The man was forced to cop a plea when the evidence against him became very strong.