get up

verb

1. 1

   get up and out of bed

   I get up at 7 A.M. every day

   They rose early

2. 2

   cause to rise

   The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M.

3. 3

   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

4. 4

   develop

   we worked up an as of an appetite

5. 5

   study intensively, as before an exam

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

6. 6

   arrange by systematic planning and united effort

   machinate a plot

   organize a strike

7. 7

   raise from a lower to a higher position

   Raise your hands

   Lift a load

8. 8

   rise to one's feet

   The audience got up and applauded