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单词 getup
释义

getup

or get-up

[ get-uhp ]
/ ˈgɛtˌʌp /
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noun Informal.

costume; outfit: Everyone will stare at you if you wear that getup.
arrangement or format; style: the getup of a new cookbook.

Origin of getup

First recorded in 1825–35; noun use of verb phrase get up

Words nearby getup

Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Battle of, get under one's skin, get under someone's skin, getup, get-up-and-go, get up one's nerve, get up on the wrong side of bed, get up on the wrong side of the bed, get up steam

Definition for getup (2 of 2)

get-up
[ get-uhp ]
/ ˈgɛtˌʌp /

noun

getup.
get-up-and-go.
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for getup

  • She was met with boos and shouts, as a man wearing a Revolutionary War getup yelled, “Let someone else speak!”

    CPAC Panel on Transcending Racist Label Breaks Down Into Verbal Chaos|Caitlin Dickson|March 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • Couldn't tell that so much from her getup as from the Frenchy hat and boulevard whiskers he's sportin'.

    Shorty McCabe on the Job|Sewell Ford
  • There was cheer in Naab's "Getup," now, and the horses quickened with it.

    The Heritage of the Desert|Zane Grey
  • The matter of his speech was excellent, its form, occasionally, as extravagant as his getup.

    The Strand Magazine, Volume XVII, February 1899, No. 98.|Various

British Dictionary definitions for getup

get up

verb (mainly adverb)

noun get-up

informal a costume or outfit, esp one that is striking or bizarre
informal the arrangement or production of a book, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with getup

get up

1

Arise from bed; also, sit or stand up. For example, Once I get up and have coffee, I'm ready to work. One of Irving Berlin's earliest hit songs was “Oh! How I hate to Get Up in the Morning” (1918). [Mid-1300s]

2

Ascend, mount, as in I hate to get up on a ladder. [First half of 1500s]

3

Create or organize, as in She got up the petition against zoning. [Late 1500s]

4

Dress or adorn, as in She plans to get herself up in a bizarre outfit. This usage is most often put in the form of the past participle (got up), as in The wedding albums were got up with ruffles and lace. [Late 1700s]

5

Draw on, create in oneself, as in I finally got up the nerve to quit, or Joe got up his courage and told the boss he was leaving. [Early 1800s] Also see get someone's back up; also see the subsequent idioms beginning with get up.

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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