Definition of get up - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

Verb

rise to one''s feet; "The audience got up and applauded"

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get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"

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raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

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cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."

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develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"

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put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"

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arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director''s office"

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study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

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Synonyms

arise attire bone bone up bring up cram deck out deck up devise dress up drum elevate fancy up fig out fig up grind away gussy up lift machinate mug up organise organize overdress prepare prink raise rig out rise stand up swot swot up tog out tog up trick out trick up turn out uprise work up

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Antonyms

go to bed

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More General Terms

acquire bring up change posture develop displace dress elevate get get dressed get up grow hit the books initiate lift move pioneer produce raise study

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More Specific Terms

bedizen boost chin chin up dizen dress embattle enrobe erect gather up get up heighten hike hike up hoist jack jack up kick up lay leaven levitate lift lift up mount pick up pinnacle plume prank preen primp prove pump put on raise rear run up sandwich set up shoulder skid spatchcock take the floor tart up trice trice up underlay wind

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