get up
Meaning
- (literally) To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
- To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.
- To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up.
- To materialise; to grow stronger.
- To bring together; to amass.
- To gather or grow larger by accretion.
- To go towards the attacking goal.
- (Australia, UK, colloquial) To criticise.
- (colloquial) To annoy.
- To dress in a certain way, especially extravagantly.
- (Australia, colloquial) To succeed; to win.
- (slang) To have sex; to penetrate sexually; to have a sexual or romantic liaison.
- (slang) To leave or go to somewhere.
- (slang) To leave prison.
- (US, slang) To meet with or get to know (someone); to hang out with someone.
- (slang) To be excited about something; to act regarding something; to become cognizant of something.
Synonyms
be up
grind away
swot up
tog up
fig out
go up to
come into sight
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