get up

Formsgets up, getting up, got up

1. 1
   rise from bedphrasal verbintransitive

   To get out of bed after you wake up, to start your day.

   I get up at seven on school days.

   She got up early to watch the sunrise.

   Similarrise

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2. 2
   phrasal verbintransitive

   To stand up after you have been sitting or lying down.

   Please get up and give your seat to the woman with the baby.

   The dog got up and walked to the door.

   Similarrise

3. 3
   climbphrasal verbtransitive

   To climb or go up to a higher place.

   Grandma holds the railing to get up the stairs.

   The old cat can't get up onto the high shelf anymore.

   Similarclimb, ascend, scale

   Oppositedescend

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4. 4
   outfitnoun · get-upcountable

   Another spelling of getup. It can mean an outfit, especially an odd or showy one.

   He wore a pirate get-up to the costume party.

   What is that silly get-up you have on?

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5. 5
   dress upphrasal verbtransitive

   To dress in a special way, often in very fancy clothes.

   For the costume party, Dad was gotten up as a giant banana.

   Why are you all gotten up in that shiny suit?

   Similardress, deck

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6. 6
   assemblephrasal verbtransitive

   To gather many people or things together.

   It took weeks to get up enough people for the search.

   The neighbors got up a big crowd to clean the park.

   Similarraise, muster, assemble, gather

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   wind risingphrasal verbintransitive

   To start and grow stronger, like a wind or a storm.

   A cold wind got up just as we reached the beach.

   Close the windows before the storm gets up.

   Similarrise, strengthen, freshen

   Oppositedrop, subside

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   meet withphrasal verbslangUSintransitive

   To meet someone, get to know them, or spend time with them.

   I'll get up with you after school.

   We got up with our cousins at the mall on Saturday.

   Similarmeet

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   annoyphrasal verbcolloquialtransitive

   To make someone feel annoyed.

   Well, Beaver said at last. Somethin′s got up him. Like you said—people have regrets.

   2002, Tim Winton, “Four”Here, got up him means annoyed or bothered him.

   Similarannoy, irritate

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    have sexphrasal verbslang

    To have sex with someone, or to get together with them for sex or romance.

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