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to get up

to get up

∞ 1.0
To leave your bed after sleeping
  • phrasal verb
  • /ɡɛt ʌp/
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  • When they find it difficult to fall asleep, they get up and walk around in the dark.
  • get up in the morning
  • get up early
  • get up at 5 a.m.

By the time normal people are getting up, you that that's a win.

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Examples

  • Chief gasps, trying to get up, but there seems to be something wrong with his legs.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • On spring break, I got up early every morning to run on the beach.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Just try to get up at close to the same time every day.

    Academic text (2015)

  • One elder talked about how she always got up early along with her parents as she was growing up.

    Academic text (2004)

  • I always try to get up before sunrise to start my day.

  • After a long night's sleep, she finally decided to get up.

  • He will get up early tomorrow to catch the train.

Synonyms

to rise
vsto get up
319 1.0

To get up from bed or from a sitting position

is limited to leaving bed after sleep
to arise
vsto get up
44 3.0

Get up from bed, a chair, or the floor

is only about leaving bed after sleep
to turn out
vsto get up
5 2.3

To get out of bed, usually early in the morning

is about leaving bed without implying going outside
to spring out of bed
vsto get up
  • Informal
1 2.8

To get out of bed quickly and full of energy

is a neutral, ordinary leaving of bed after sleep
to get up and at 'em
vsto get up
  • Informal
1 7.7

To get out of bed and start the day with energy

is simply about leaving bed after sleeping
to uprise
vsto get up
8.6

To stand up from sitting or lying down

focuses specifically on leaving bed after sleep

Antonyms

to go to bed
485 1.0

To get into bed to sleep

How Early

to get up
∞ 1.0
to sleep in
55 3.0

Surface Forms

get up infinitive
getting up present participle
gets up third person singular
got up past
got up past participle

Morphology

get + up

The meaning 'to put on special clothing' is related to the idea of preparing or making oneself ‘up’, so there is a partial link between 'get' (become/prepare) and the particle 'up' (finish/intensify). However, the primary and more common sense of 'get up' is 'rise from bed', and the dressing sense is less predictable (often requires preposition 'in' or contextual cues), so a B1 learner who only knows the literal constituents is unlikely to reliably infer this specific sense without exposure.

Etymology

Get up comes from the simple image of moving upward from bed: you push off the covers and make yourself get up out of the sheets. That's why it means 'to rise from bed'.