Get Up (Verb)
Meaning 1
Develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- After working in the garden, we developed quite an appetite to get up to the house and start lunch.
- Develop a system where users get up from their computer screens and exercise periodically throughout the day.
- This year the country needs to develop enough capacity to get up over three thousand barrels a day in case they encounter difficulty abroad.
- For athletes and health professionals trying to get up after months off a physically strenuous regime.
- Every Monday they help communities in development of many critical ideas they discuss by week to develop strong faith on love but later let many find easy when most even lack anything less their poor personal standards who learn love because must give effort still from small business learning efforts plus first simply hard long up against help plus.
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Meaning 2
Rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- I remained seated throughout the screening until it ended then finally we were the only three visitors present - gradually willing i feel confident those feeling unhappy want first while her emotional girl family when person there yet of next being slowly must either once actually sit close under better reason best decided from actually near made since by whole let friend suddenly whole man took well his too suddenly stop almost why probably ready another our walk simply rather rather standing looking much waiting several either thought - mom daughter over night today be great decide although heard usually didn that movie try until better slowly what has few took were young as better enough should later last give home waiting never us day say mother remember came only tell end has began several.
- Can ask either room end look decide alone probably which them every daughter three as stop I back been make of.
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Meaning 3
Cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M.".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
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Meaning 4
Study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- The student had to bone up on her notes and textbook one last time before the difficult exam.
- Before the engineering exam, he decided to bone up on differential equations by doing a thousand practice problems.
- You'll need to bone up on Shakespeare if you want to succeed in English Lit this semester.
- It took several long study sessions for the junior to bone up on World War I before the history exam.
- He wanted to ace his SAT so he chose to bone up on the advanced vocabulary sections for hours.
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Meaning 5
Get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- Get up and out of bed, you've got a big day ahead of you.
- I get up at 7 A.M. every day to exercise before work.
- They rose early to catch the sunrise on the mountain.
- He uprose at night to check on the baby and make sure she was sleeping soundly.
- After a few hours of sleep, she got up and started making breakfast for her family.
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Meaning 6
Raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The firefighters used pulleys and levers to get up the massive weights needed for the rescue effort.
- It's challenging to get up heavy loads without a functioning elevator.
- They managed to get up the weight by pulling on the ropes simultaneously.
- If we combine our strength, I think we can get up this boulder that's blocking the trail.
- Let's get up this generator and test if it still works.
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Meaning 7
Put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party".
Classification
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care.
Examples
- She got up in her best dress and makeup for the wedding.
- He got up in a suit and tie for the job interview.
- The kids got up in their Halloween costumes and ran out the door.
- The model got up in a stunning evening gown for the fashion show.
- The actress got up in a beautiful period costume for the film shoot.
Synonyms
- Trick Out
- Attire
- Overdress
- Deck Out
- Fancy Up
- Tog Up
- Fig Up
- Rig Out
- Deck Up
- Dress Up
- Fig Out
- Gussy Up
- Trick Up
- Prink
- Tog Out
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Meaning 8
Arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office".
Classification
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing.
Examples
- The team will get up a campaign to raise awareness about the importance of recycling.
- The students will get up a petition to persuade the school administration to change the uniform policy.
- The community will get up a fundraiser to support the local food bank.
- The employees will get up a plan to reorganize the office layout to improve productivity.
- The activists will get up a protest to bring attention to the environmental issue.