get (sb) up — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE getting, PAST TENSE got, PAST PARTICIPLE got or US gotten)
► A1 to wake up and get out of bed, or to tell or help someone to do this: » I got up at five o'clock this morning!» It's dreadful trying to get the kids up on school days.Thesaurus+: ↑Not sleeping and not unconscious• • •
Extra Examples:» What time do you get up in the morning?» When he worked as a baker he used to have to get up very early.» She listened to the radio for half an hour before getting up and going to work.» Simon gets up at six every morning.» Helen was in a bad mood when she got up. get up (STAND) — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE getting, PAST TENSE got, PAST PARTICIPLE got or US gotten)
► B2 to stand up: » The whole audience got up and started clapping.Thesaurus+: ↑Sitting and standing• • •
Extra Examples:» The referee urged both players to get up.» After the fall, he got up and dusted himself off.» Get up and show your appreciation.» He knocked the drink over as he was getting up from the chair.» 'Don't get up. I'll let myself out.' get up UK (GROW STRONG) — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (PRESENT PARTICIPLE getting, PAST TENSE got, PAST PARTICIPLE got or US gotten)
► F0 If the wind gets up, it starts to grow stronger: » The wind is getting up.Thesaurus+: ↑Wind and winds , ↑Stormy weather- disobedience
- disobedient
- disobediently
- disobey
- disobliging
- disorder
- disorderly
- disorganization
- disorganized
- disorientate
- disorientating
- disoriented
- disown
- disparage
- disparagement
- disparaging
- disparagingly
- disparate
- disparity
- dispassionate
- dispassionately
- dispatch
- ♯ History - general words
- ♯ Hitting against objects accidentally and colliding
- ♯ Hitting and beating