Getup

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Clothes, costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual. US, informal

    "When near the buildings I met a white man, in such an unexpected elegance of get–up that in the first moment I took him for a sort of vision."

  2. 2
    a set of clothing (with accessories) wordnet
  3. 3
    A fight or altercation. informal

    ""A bully. Picked on fellows. He loved to fight. But I never saw him in a getup with a fellow his own size.""

  4. 4
    Layout and production style, as of a magazine.
  5. 5
    Alternative form of get-up-and-go. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

All synonyms
outfitaccoutermentsadventuresomenessadventurousnessaggressionaggressiveness

Example

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"When near the buildings I met a white man, in such an unexpected elegance of get–up that in the first moment I took him for a sort of vision."

Etymology

From get + up.

Related phrases

all get upget up

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