Definition of Get-up

Verb

• study intensively, as before an exam
  "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
  cram - grind away drum - bone up swot - mug up - swot up bone
• arrange by systematic planning and united effort
  "machinate a plot"
  "organize a strike"
  "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
  organize organise prepare devise machinate
• 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"
  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
• develop
  "we worked up an as of an appetite"
  - work up
• cause to rise
  "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."
  
• raise from a lower to a higher position
  "Raise your hands"
  "Lift a load"
  raise lift elevate - bring up
• get up and out of bed
  "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"
  "They rose early"
  "He uprose at night"
  - turn out arise uprise rise
• rise to one's feet
  "The audience got up and applauded"
  arise rise uprise - stand up

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