get-up

[ get-uhp ]

noun

1. getup.
2. get-up-and-go.

get up

verb

1. to wake and rise from one's bed or cause to wake and rise from bed
2. intr to rise to one's feet; stand up
3. also preposition to ascend or cause to ascend

   the old van couldn't get up the hill

4. to mount or help to mount (a bicycle, horse, etc)
5. to increase or cause to increase in strength

   the wind got up at noon

6. informal.
   tr to dress (oneself) in a particular way, esp showily or elaborately
7. informal.
   tr to devise or create

   to get up an entertainment for Christmas

8. informal.
   tr to study or improve one's knowledge of

   I must get up my history

9. informal.
   intrfoll byto to be involved in

   he's always getting up to mischief

10. informal.
    intr to win, esp in a sporting event

noun

1. informal.
   a costume or outfit, esp one that is striking or bizarre
2. informal.
   the arrangement or production of a book, etc

Example Sentences

“That’s our mindset. We’re gonna challenge them, we’re going to get up tight on tight on them and make them earn it.”

From Los Angeles Times

"It's been really good for me to have something to get up for in the morning, and we get customers coming from all over."

From BBC

“But they are guys that have played a lot of football,” McVay said, “and how quickly can we race to be able to get up to speed, get comfortable with one another? And we’ll see what that looks like as we evaluate it.”

From Los Angeles Times

“If RFK has a significant influence on the next administration, that could further erode people's willingness to get up to date with recommended vaccines,” Dr. Jerome Adams, who served as Surgeon General during Trump's first administration, said at a public health conference in Minneapolis last week, as reported by The New York Times.

From Salon

Mr Sharif said he told Sara to “get up” and took her arm, but it was limp.

From BBC

Related Words

• awake
• awaken
• climb
• stand