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⏰ To leave bed 🧍 To stand up 👨‍👧 To wake someone 📚 To study hard 👗 To dress up
to get up

to get up

34 5.3
To study something quickly before a test
  • phrasal verb
  • /ɡɛt ʌp/
  • UK
translation icon : empollar
  • get up to speed

If not, you got to quickly get up to speed on complex numbers.

Examples

  • This studying thing, I can study until I collapse, get up and keep doing it.

  • Lately, she had discovered that it was far better to get up when she awakened in this way.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • On Saturday, Sarah cajoles Robin into getting up off the sofa and going with her to the laundromat.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Greta Sheridan debated between getting up or trying to sleep for another hour.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • To prepare for the final exams, I need to get up all the information from my notes and textbooks.

  • She decided to get up early each day to review her study materials before class.

  • He spent the weekend trying to get up as much knowledge as possible for the test on Monday.

Synonyms

to cram
vsto get up
15 3.9

Study very hard in a short time for an exam

involves intensive study without the quick or very short-time pressure
to bone up
vsto get up
  • Informal
9 7.6

To study quickly before an exam or important event

focuses on intense study without implying a brief time period
to grind away
vsto get up
  • Informal
1 6.3

Work hard for a long time on something, often before an exam or deadline

describes intense study but without the persistent work or deadline sense
to swot
vsto get up
  • UK
9.1

To study very hard before an exam

is identical in meaning but differs in phrasing from this form
to swot up
vsto get up
  • UK
8.2

Study something a lot in a short time to prepare for an exam

is identical in meaning but differs in phrasing from this form
to mug up
vsto get up
  • Indian
8.3

To study a lot in a short time before a test

is identical in meaning but differs in phrasing from this form

Antonyms

to neglect
256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

How Hard

to cram
15 3.9
to get up
  • UK
34 5.3
to pore over
28 5.5
to review
106 1.8
to study
∞ 1.0

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 for study comes from the image of lifting facts into your head: you work to get knowledge up so you are ready for a test. So it means 'to study something hard, especially to prepare for an exam'.