to get up and at 'em
1
7.7
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɛt ʌp ənd æt əm/
- Informal
:
ponerse en marcha
- After hitting the snooze button twice, he finally managed to get up and at 'em.
Examples
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The coach shouted at the team to get up and at 'em after halftime.
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I need to get up and at 'em!
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It's Monday morning, so let's get up and at 'em before the day gets away from us.
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She always gets up and at 'em early.
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After a long night, it was difficult for him to get up and at 'em in the morning.
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She always gets up and at 'em early to start her day with a workout.
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On weekends, he likes to get up and at 'em and explore new hiking trails.
Synonyms
422
2.3
To start doing something or to leave
319
1.0
To get up from bed or from a sitting position
65
1.0
To rise from bed early in the morning
62
1.6
Start being active or hurry to do something
34
3.9
To wake up and start the day with energy
28
3.4
To wake someone up and make them alert after sleep
10
7.8
To begin an activity with energy
5
2.3
To get out of bed, usually early in the morning
4
6.8
Stand up and start moving to dance or join in
3
1.0
To get out of bed early in the morning
1
2.8
To get out of bed quickly and full of energy
1
9.1
Awake and active very early in the morning
Get more lively and active
Wake up very early in the morning, often at sunrise
Get up very early at sunrise
Wake very early in the morning, often before dawn
Get up very early before sunrise
How Energetic
Surface Forms
Morphology
'Get up' is transparently understood as rising from bed, but the colloquial contracted tag 'at 'em' (at them) has a metaphorical sense of 'attack/engage/go after' that is reduced and idiomatic. A B1 learner who knows the constituents may infer a general sense of 'rise and do something,' but the full energetic/colloquial sense of 'start the day's activities with vigour' is not fully predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Get up and at 'em comes from a coach's or leader's shout: get up means stand up, and 'at 'em (short for 'at them') tells people to move forward and go after the task. That's why it means 'to rise and start the day with energy'.