get up
phrasal verbget up
- to stand up after sitting, lying, etc. synonym rise
- The class got up when the teacher came in.
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- if the sea or wind gets up, it increases in strength and becomes violentTopics Weatherc2
get up | get somebody up
- 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
get something up
- to arrange or organize something
- We're getting up a party for her birthday.