Definition of 'get up'

Verb

1. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
      Synonyms: arise rise uprise stand up
      Antonyms: sit down sit lie down lie
2. get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
      Synonyms: turn out arise uprise rise
      Antonyms: go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out go to sleep retire go to bed turn in bed crawl in kip down hit the hay hit the sack sack out go to sleep retire
3. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
      Synonyms: raise lift elevate bring up
      Antonyms: lower take down let down get down bring down
4. cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."
5. develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"
      Synonyms: work up
6. 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"
      Synonyms: 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 overdress
      Antonyms: dress down underdress
7. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
      Synonyms: organize organise prepare devise machinate
8. study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
      Synonyms: cram grind away drum bone up swot mug up swot up bone

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