got up the pitch

[Kontol]

Does "got up" mean to "arrive at" in this context?

Reading vs Huddersfield Town
The Royals created the next opportunity when Hoilett got up the pitch and turned his man before putting in a cross that was headed wide by Jeff Hendrick.

Report: Reading 3-1 Huddersfield Town

Home comforts for Royals...

www.readingfc.co.uk

 

[emsr2d2]

He travelled up the pitch, in the direction of the goal he was aiming at.

 

[Kontol]

He travelled up the pitch, in the direction of the goal he was aiming at.

Could I use the preposition "to" instead of "up" there? "He got to the pitch."

 

[Tarheel]

Could I use the preposition "to" instead of "up" there? "He got to the pitch."

If the pitch is the playing area, would "to" make sense there?

 

[emsr2d2]

Could I use the preposition "to" instead of "up" there? "He got to the pitch."

No. That suggests that he started off the pitch and moved onto it. That's not what happened. He was already on the pitch.

 

[jutfrank]

The verb got means something like 'arrived' in the sense of moving from one position to another. The preposition phrase up the pitch tells us in which direction this movement happened.

 

[5jj]

Also asked here: https://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst219354_got.aspx