Definitions for get up

Definitions for (verb) get up

Main entry: get up, uprise, rise, arise, turn out

Definition: get up and out of bed

Usage: I get up at 7 A.M. every day; They rose early; He uprose at night


Main entry: get up

Definition: cause to rise

Usage: The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M.


Main entry: trick out, trick up, tog out, tog up, prink, rig out, dress up, deck out, deck up, attire, overdress, get up, gussy up, fig out, fig up, fancy up

Definition: put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive

Usage: She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera; The young girls were all fancied up for the party


Main entry: work up, get up

Definition: develop

Usage: we worked up an as of an appetite


Main entry: bone, bone up, grind away, get up, drum, cram, swot, swot up, mug up

Definition: study intensively, as before an exam

Usage: I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam


Main entry: get up, devise, machinate, prepare, organise, organize

Definition: arrange by systematic planning and united effort

Usage: machinate a plot; organize a strike; devise a plan to take over the director's office


Main entry: lift, raise, get up, bring up, elevate

Definition: raise from a lower to a higher position

Usage: Raise your hands; Lift a load


Main entry: rise, arise, stand up, get up, uprise

Definition: rise to one's feet

Usage: The audience got up and applauded


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