get up meaning and definition

GET UP verb

Definition of get up (verb)

1. rise to one's feet
   • "The audience got up and applauded"
   • synonyms: arise, rise, stand up, uprise
   • antonym: sit
2. get up and out of bed
   • "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
   • synonyms: arise, rise, turn out, uprise
   • antonym: bed
3. raise from a lower to a higher position
   • "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
   • synonyms: bring up, elevate, lift, raise
   • antonym: bring down
4. cause to rise
   • "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."
5. develop
   • "we worked up an as of an appetite"
   • synonyms: work up
6. 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"
   • synonyms: attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up
   • antonym: dress down
7. arrange by systematic planning and united effort
   • "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
   • synonyms: devise, machinate, organise, organize, prepare
8. study intensively, as before an exam
   • "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
   • synonyms: bone, bone up, cram, drum, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up