get up

verbs

rise to one's feet

"The audience got up and applauded"

arise, get up, rise, stand up, uprise

get up and out of bed

"I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"

arise, get up, rise, turn out, uprise

antonym

raise from a lower to a higher position

"Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise

cause to rise

"The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."

get up

is a type of (narrower)

raise from a lower to a higher position

"Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"

develop

"we worked up an as of an appetite"

get up, work up

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"

attire, deck out, deck up, dress up, fancy up, fig out, fig up, get up, gussy up, overdress, prink, rig out, tog out, tog up, trick out, trick up

is derived from

arrange by systematic planning and united effort

"machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize, prepare

study intensively, as before an exam

"I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"

bone, bone up, cram, drum, get up, grind away, mug up, swot, swot up