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to get up

to get up

695 1.0
To stand up from sitting or lying down
  • phrasal verb
  • /ɡɛt ʌp/
translation icon : ponerse de pie
  • After sitting for hours, it's important to get up and stretch your legs.
  • get up from a seat
  • get up and walk
  • get up and leave

Right now you have to get up and tell jokes.

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Examples

  • Time to get up.

    Working Girls (1987)

  • Come on, morning, boys, come on, get up, wake up.

  • Guys, just get up, get some fresh air.

  • It's a perfect way to get up, yes.

  • Seriously, get up, get going and keep going.

  • I get really nervous when I get up on stage.

    Back to Black (2024)

  • Number two, take walks, get up and move.

  • Kevin decided to get up, have a drink of water, and then go for a walk.

    Academic text (2013)

  • It is time to get up and do something.

  • "You'd feel better if you'd just get up and do something," I say.

    Academic text (1991)

Synonyms

to stand
vsto get up
∞ 1.0

To be or put something in an upright position

is narrower, referring specifically to the physical act of moving upright
to stand up
vsto get up
559 1.0

To get up from sitting or lying and be on your feet

describes the same simple physical change without extra purpose or timing
to rise
vsto get up
319 1.0

To get up from bed or from a sitting position

focuses on the basic change from sitting or lying to upright position
to arise
vsto get up
44 3.0

Get up from bed, a chair, or the floor

covers the same physical move but is not tied to time of day
to get to one's feet
vsto get up
20 2.9

To stand up after sitting or lying down and to recover after a problem

is the general physical action without implying a reactive cause
to hop up
vsto get up
5 4.4

To jump up quickly and lightly

is the ordinary shift to upright position without implying a jump
to get on up
vsto get up
  • Informal
4 6.8

Stand up and start moving to dance or join in

is the plain physical move without the added idea of joining activity
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 the simple motion into an upright position without energetic intent
to uprise
vsto get up
8.6

To stand up from sitting or lying down

is the ordinary action of changing from sitting or lying to upright

Antonyms

to sit down
∞ 1.0

Move from standing into a chair or onto the ground

How Quickly

spring
18 1.3
to jump
∞ 1.0
to get up
695 1.0
to push up
11 2.1

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 meaning to rise to a standing position comes from the clear action of moving your body up from a chair or the floor — you push with your legs to get up. That's why it means 'to rise to a standing position'.