get up

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get up

I get up at 7 a.m. every day.

Definition

  1. Verb (intransitive):

    • To rise from a lying or sitting position to a standing position: This is the most common meaning, referring to the physical act of standing up.
    • To get out of bed: Specifically refers to leaving one's bed after sleeping or resting.
    • To rise or increase: Can refer to something, like wind or sea, becoming stronger or more intense.

  2. Verb (transitive):

    • To cause to rise or stand: To help or force someone or something into an upright position.
    • To organize or arrange: To plan and prepare an event or activity.
    • To develop or acquire: To generate or work up a particular feeling, state, or thing.
    • To dress in a special or elaborate way: To put on particular clothes, often formal or fancy.
Examples of Usage

  • Intransitive Verb:

    • Please get up when the judge enters the room.
    • I get up at 6 AM every weekday for work.
    • The wind is starting to get up; a storm might be coming.

  • Transitive Verb:

    • He helped the fallen cyclist to get up.
    • The students got up a petition to change the school policy.
    • She couldn't get up the courage to ask for a raise.
    • They got themselves up in Victorian costumes for the themed party.
Advanced Usage
  • "to get up to": To be involved in or doing something, often something mischievous or secretive.
    • What have those children been getting up to in the garden?
  • "to get up in arms": To become very angry or upset about something (an idiom).
    • Residents got up in arms over the proposed construction project.
Variants and Related Words
  • Get-up (noun, informal): An outfit or costume.
    • She was wearing a strange get-up for the costume party.
  • Getting-up (noun): The act or time of rising from bed.
    • Early getting-up is difficult for me.
Synonyms
  • Arise: To get up, especially from bed or a seated position (formal).
  • Rise: To move from a lower to a higher position.
  • Stand up: To rise to a standing position.
  • Organize: To arrange and prepare.
  • Dress up: To wear fancy or formal clothes.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Get up against: To come into close contact or conflict with.
    • Don't get up against the wet paint.
  • Get up for (something): To become excited, motivated, or prepared for an event.
    • The team needs to get up for the big game next week.
Related Idioms
  • Get someone's back up: To annoy or irritate someone.
    • His constant criticism really gets my back up.
  • Get up on the wrong side of the bed: To be in a bad mood from the start of the day.
    • He's been grumpy all morning; he must have gotten up on the wrong side of the bed.
get up

I get up at 7 a.m. every day.

Verb
  1. study intensively, as before an exam
    • I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam
  2. arrange by systematic planning and united effort
    • machinate a plot
    • organize a strike
    • devise a plan to take over the director's office
  3. 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
  4. develop
    • we worked up an as of an appetite
  5. cause to rise
    • The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M.
  6. raise from a lower to a higher position
    • Raise your hands
    • Lift a load
  7. get up and out of bed
    • I get up at 7 A.M. every day
    • They rose early
    • He uprose at night
  8. rise to one's feet
    • The audience got up and applauded

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