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Definition of get up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

get up

phrasal verb
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get up
  1.  
     to stand up after sitting, lying, etc. synonym rise
    • The class got up when the teacher came in.
    synonyms at stand
  2. if the sea or wind gets up, it increases in strength and becomes violentTopics Weatherc2
get up | get somebody up
 
  1. to get out of bed; to make somebody get out of bed
    • He always gets up early.
    • Could you get me up at 6.30 tomorrow?
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGet up is used with these nouns as the object:
    • petition
    See full entry
get something up
  1. to arrange or organize something
    • We're getting up a party for her birthday.
See get up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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