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get-up

Verbs

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

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

sit down sit lie down lie crawl in go to bed go to sleep hit the hay hit the sack kip down sack out turn in bed retire bring down let down lower take down get down dress down underdress

See also

gather up lift up pick up dress get dressed

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