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Get up

verb, slang

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Verb
  1. 1
    To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb. literally

    "The tired horse eventually got up and over the hurdle."

  2. 2
    get up and out of bed wordnet
  3. 3
    To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.

    "I didn't get up until midday."

  4. 4
    cause to rise wordnet
  5. 5
    To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up.

    "Get up off the couch and clean this mess!"

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  1. 6
    put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive wordnet
  2. 7
    To materialise; to grow stronger.

    "As dusk fell a storm got up."

  3. 8
    develop wordnet
  4. 9
    To bring together; to amass.

    "The general got up a large body of men."

  5. 10
    study intensively, as before an exam wordnet
  6. 11
    To gather or grow larger by accretion.

    "The locomotive got up a good head of steam."

  7. 12
    arrange by systematic planning and united effort wordnet
  8. 13
    To go towards the attacking goal.

    "City sent on Adam Johnson for the ineffective Jo and the Englishman at least gave notice that he wanted to run at the Arsenal defence, but his team-mates had been run into the ground by then and no-one could get up in support of the winger."

  9. 14
    raise from a lower to a higher position wordnet
  10. 15
    To criticise. Australia, UK, colloquial

    "He got up me about the mess I made in the kitchen."

  11. 16
    rise to one's feet wordnet
  12. 17
    To annoy. colloquial

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

  13. 18
    To dress in a certain way, especially extravagantly.

    "She was all got up in the most ridiculous frilly dress."

  14. 19
    To succeed; to win. Australia, colloquial

    "Looking at the polling, I don't reckon this referendum will get up."

  15. 20
    To have sex; to penetrate sexually; to have a sexual or romantic liaison. slang
  16. 21
    To leave or go to somewhere. slang

    "We better get up out of here."

  17. 22
    To leave prison. slang
  18. 23
    To meet with or get to know (someone); to hang out with someone. US, slang
  19. 24
    To be excited about something; to act regarding something; to become cognizant of something. slang

    "You have to get up with your career."

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