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get up - Dictionary definition and meaning for word get up

Definition
(verb) rise to one's feet
Synonyms : arise , rise , stand up , uprise
Example Sentence
  • The audience got up and applauded
Definition
(verb) get up and out of bed
Synonyms : arise , rise , turn out , uprise
Example Sentence
  • I get up at 7 A.M. every day
  • They rose early
  • He uprose at night
Definition
(verb) raise from a lower to a higher position
Synonyms : bring up , elevate , lift , raise
Example Sentence
  • Raise your hands
  • Lift a load
Definition
(verb) cause to rise
Example Sentence
  • The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M.
Definition
(verb) develop
Synonyms : work up
Example Sentence
  • we worked up an as of an appetite
Definition
(verb) put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
Example Sentence
  • She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera
  • The young girls were all fancied up for the party
Definition
(verb) arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Example Sentence
  • machinate a plot
  • organize a strike
  • devise a plan to take over the director's office
Definition
(verb) study intensively, as before an exam
Synonyms : bone , bone up , cram , drum , grind away , mug up , swot , swot up
Example Sentence
  • I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam

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