The phrase "go upwards" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing movement or direction toward a higher position or level.
Example: "As we climbed the mountain, we could feel the temperature drop as we went upwards."
Alternatives: "ascend" or "move up".
"With the right kind of coping, the spiral can go upwards.
Was the country now to go "upwards with the conservatives, or downwards with the Social Democrats?", he thundered in conclusion.
There was some seasoned good sense on Cook's struggles: "His career was never going to go upwards continually.
The steep rise began for non-financial corporations in 2010 (for families and individuals, debt levels began to go upwards again in 2013).
Certainly in inner city areas, do what inner cities do best - instead of going outwards, go upwards.
Students' justifications included "Launching it higher so it will go upwards" or explaining that a direction such as "up" could cause the plane to "drop down".
"The trend is going upwards, demand is going up".
Oisín was very skinny and just went upwards and upwards and not outwards.
The Rwandan group is the only population of apes whose numbers are going upwards.
Here as elsewhere in El Greco, as the Belgian artist Luc Tuymans says, "everything goes upwards.
So you can see it's going upwards and that's just exciting times for football in the United States.
