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get-up
[ get-uhp ]
get up
verb
- to wake and rise from one's bed or cause to wake and rise from bed
- intr to rise to one's feet; stand up
- also preposition to ascend or cause to ascend
the old van couldn't get up the hill
- to mount or help to mount (a bicycle, horse, etc)
- to increase or cause to increase in strength
the wind got up at noon
- informal.tr to dress (oneself) in a particular way, esp showily or elaborately
- informal.tr to devise or create
to get up an entertainment for Christmas
- informal.tr to study or improve one's knowledge of
I must get up my history
- informal.intrfoll byto to be involved in
he's always getting up to mischief
- informal.intr to win, esp in a sporting event
noun
- informal.a costume or outfit, esp one that is striking or bizarre
- informal.the arrangement or production of a book, etc
Example Sentences
The kids are out of school, Mom is out of get-up-and-go, Dad is out of work.
Her risqué get-up obviously made it challenging for people to believe that she had any abilities at all.
But the “Thrift Shop” rapper initially seemed shocked that people could somehow interpret his get-up as offensive.
I may not compliment you on your sexy NASCAR get-up, but I will defend with my last Snickers your right to wear one.
But the exquisite was used to it; he would only have felt badly if they had ignored his new get-up.
Her face was haggard; her general get-up was in something like scarecrow disorder; she didn't even care how she looked.
I wasn't sure whether that collar was part of your get-up as an eccentric comedian.
The binding is in keeping with the general get-up, and the book would make an admirable Christmas present.
For when the time came these gentlemen fought well enough, and ruined their picturesque get-up with their own blood.
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