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1. get_up - verb

· rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"

Synonym(s): arise, rise, uprise, stand_up

Hypernym(s): change_posture




2. get_up - verb

· get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"

Synonym(s): turn_out, arise, uprise, rise

Antonym(s): go_to_bed




3. get_up - verb

· raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

Synonym(s): raise, lift, elevate, bring_up

Hypernym(s): move, displace




4. get_up - verb

· cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."

Hypernym(s): raise, lift, elevate, get_up, bring_up




5. get_up - verb

· develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"

Synonym(s): work_up

Hypernym(s): grow, develop, produce, get, acquire




6. get_up - verb

· put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"

Synonym(s): 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

Hypernym(s): dress, get_dressed




7. get_up - verb

· arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

Synonym(s): organize, organise, prepare, devise, machinate

Hypernym(s): initiate, pioneer




8. get_up - verb

· study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

Synonym(s): cram, grind_away, drum, bone_up, swot, mug_up, swot_up, bone

Hypernym(s): study, hit_the_books





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