'get up' definitions:
Definition of 'get up'
(from WordNet)
verb
Rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded" [syn: arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up] [ant: lie, lie down, sit, sit down]
verb
Get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" [syn: get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise] [ant: bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in]
verb
Raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" [syn: raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up] [ant: bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down]
verb
Cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."
verb
Develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite" [syn: work up, get up]
verb
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" [syn: overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out] [ant: dress down, underdress]
verb
Arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" [syn: organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate]
verb
Synonyms of 'get up'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arise,
- assemble,
- awake,
- awaken,
- bedizen,
- bone up,
- brew,
- bristle,
- brush up,
- build,
- cast,
- cock up,
- come alive,
- compose,
- compound,
- concoct,
- construct,
- cram,
- cram up,
- create,
- deck out,
- decoct,
- devise,
- dizen,
- doll up,
- dress up,
- elaborate,
- erect,
- evolve,
- extrude,
- fabricate,
- fancy up,
- fashion,
- fig out,
- fix up,
- form,
- formulate,
- frame,
- fudge together,
- get up on,
- greet the day,
- gussy up,
- hit the deck,
- indite,
- jump up,
- make,
- make up,
- manufacture,
- mature,
- mix,
- mold,
- overdress,
- patch together,
- piece together,
- pile out,
- polish up,
- prank,
- prefabricate,
- prepare,
- pretty up,
- primp,
- prink,
- produce,
- put together,
- put up,
- rag out,
- raise,
- ramp,
- read up on,
- rear,
- rear up,
- rise,
- rise up,
- roll out,
- rouse,
- rub up,
- run up,
- set up,
- shape,
- sit bolt upright,
- sit up,
- slick up,
- spruce up,
- stand up,
- stick up,
- stir,
- study up,
- study up on,
- titivate,
- trick out,
- trick up,
- turn out,
- upheave,
- uprear,
- uprise,
- wake,
- wake up,
- whomp up,
- work up,
- write
Words containing 'get up'
- Get,
- Getting,
- To get at,
- To get before,
- To get between,
- To get into,
- To get on,
- To get over,
- To get through,
- To get up,
- all get out,
- get about,
- get at,
- get by,
- get down,
- get in,
- get into,
- get it,
- get it on,
- get it over,
- get off,
- get on,
- get on with,
- get out,
- get out of,
- get over,
- get through,
- get to,
- get to be,
- get with it,
- gets,
- To get a mile,
- To get ahead,
- To get along,
- To get among,
- To get asleep,
- To get astray,
- To get away with,
- To get back,
- To get behind,
- To get beyond,
- To get by heart,
- To get clear,
- To get drunk,
- To get forward,
- To get free,
- To get ground,
- To get hand,
- To get home,
- To get into trouble,
- To get loose,
- To get near,
- To get rid of,
- To get square with,
- To get the best of,
- To get the better of,
- To get the hang of,
- To get the range of,
- To get the start,
- To get wind,
- get a line,
- get a load,
- get a look,
- get a noseful,
- get a whiff,
- get across,
- get ahead,
- get along,
- get along with,
- get around,
- get around to,
- get away,
- get away with,
- get back,
- get back at,
- get behind,
- get cracking,
- get dressed,
- get even,
- get even with,
- get going,
- get hitched with,
- get hold,
- get hold of,
- get in touch,
- get in touch with,
- get laid,
- get married,
- get moving,
- get off the ground,
- get onto,
- get rid of,
- get rolling,
- get started,
- get stuck,
- get the best,
- get the better of,
- get the dope on,
- get the goods,
- get the hang,
- get the hang of,
- get the jump,
- get the picture,
- get the sack,
- get to grips,
- get together,
- get weaving,
- get well,
- get wind,
- get wise,
- get word,
- get worse,
- get-up,
- getting even,
- Get-penny,
- To get one's hand in,
- To get or to hold In chancery,
- To get the cart before the horse,
- attention-getting,
- get one's Irish up,
- get one's lumps,
- get under one's skin,
- get-at-able,
- get-go,
- get-up-and-go,
- to get a word in edgewise,
- to get one's back up,
- to get the lay of the land,
- To get the higher upper hand,
- get-well card,
- un-get-at-able