get up

get up
verb
1. rise to one's feet (Freq. 15)
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The audience got up and applauded

• Syn: ↑arise, ↑rise, ↑uprise, ↑stand up
• Ant: ↑sit down (for: ↑arise), ↑lie down (for: ↑arise)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rise (for: ↑rise), ↑riser (for: ↑rise)
• Hypernyms: ↑change posture
• Hyponyms: ↑take the floor
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Sam and Sue get up

2. get up and out of bed (Freq. 6)
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I get up at 7 A.M. every day

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They rose early

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He uprose at night

• Syn: ↑turn out, ↑arise, ↑uprise, ↑rise
• Ant: ↑turn in (for: ↑turn out), ↑go to bed
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rise (for: ↑rise), ↑riser (for: ↑rise)
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

3. raise from a lower to a higher position (Freq. 5)
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Raise your hands

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Lift a load

• Syn: ↑raise, ↑lift, ↑elevate, ↑bring up
• Ant: ↑lower (for: ↑raise)
• See Also: ↑lift up (for: ↑lift)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑elevation (for: ↑elevate), ↑elevator (for: ↑elevate), ↑lift (for: ↑lift), ↑lifter (for: ↑lift), ↑raise (for: ↑raise)
• Hypernyms: ↑move, ↑displace
• Hyponyms:
↑jack, ↑jack up, ↑shoulder, ↑kick up, ↑hoist, ↑lift, ↑wind, ↑trice, ↑trice up, ↑run up, ↑pump, ↑levitate, ↑underlay, ↑skid, ↑pinnacle, ↑chin, ↑chin up, ↑raise, ↑leaven, ↑prove, ↑heighten, ↑hike, ↑hike up, ↑boost, ↑pick up, ↑lift up, ↑gather up, ↑rear, ↑erect
• Cause:
↑rise, ↑lift, ↑arise, ↑move up, ↑go up, ↑come up, ↑uprise
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s something

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Somebody ——s somebody PP

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Somebody ——s something PP

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The men get up the chairs

4. cause to rise (Freq. 3)
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The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M.

• Hypernyms: ↑raise, ↑lift, ↑elevate, ↑bring up
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Something ——s somebody

5. develop (Freq. 1)
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we worked up an as of an appetite

• Syn: ↑work up
• Hypernyms: ↑grow, ↑develop, ↑produce, ↑get, ↑acquire
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

6. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive (Freq. 1)
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She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera

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The young girls were all fancied up for the party

• Syn:
↑overdress, ↑dress up, ↑fig out, ↑fig up, ↑deck up, ↑gussy up, ↑fancy up, ↑trick up, ↑deck out, ↑trick out, ↑prink, ↑attire, ↑rig out, ↑tog up, ↑tog out
• Ant: ↑dress down (for: ↑dress up), ↑underdress (for: ↑overdress)
• See Also: ↑dress (for: ↑dress up)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑rigout (for: ↑rig out), ↑getup, ↑attire (for: ↑attire)
• Hypernyms: ↑dress, ↑get dressed
• Hyponyms:
↑preen, ↑primp, ↑plume, ↑dress, ↑prank, ↑tart up, ↑enrobe, ↑bedizen, ↑dizen
• Verb Group: ↑dress, ↑dress up, ↑costume
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s somebody

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Somebody ——s

 (for: ↑dress up)
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Somebody ——s

 (for: ↑overdress)
7. arrange by systematic planning and united effort
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machinate a plot

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organize a strike

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devise a plan to take over the director's office

• Syn: ↑organize, ↑organise, ↑prepare, ↑devise, ↑machinate
• Derivationally related forms: ↑machination (for: ↑machinate), ↑deviser (for: ↑devise), ↑devising (for: ↑devise), ↑preparative (for: ↑prepare), ↑organisation (for: ↑organise), ↑organization (for: ↑organize)
• Hypernyms: ↑initiate, ↑pioneer
• Hyponyms:
↑mount, ↑put on, ↑lay, ↑set up, ↑sandwich, ↑spatchcock, ↑embattle
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

8. study intensively, as before an exam
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I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam

• Syn:
↑cram, ↑grind away, ↑drum, ↑bone up, ↑swot, ↑mug up, ↑swot up, ↑bone
• Derivationally related forms: ↑swot (for: ↑swot), ↑crammer (for: ↑cram)
• Hypernyms: ↑study, ↑hit the books
• Verb Group: ↑cram
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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Somebody ——s something PP


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