gets up

present tense third-person singular of get up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gets up Oh No - Kreepa Sleepwalking, also known as somnambulism, is a sleep disorder in which a person gets up and moves around while still asleep. Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 The screen also gets up to 75% brighter than the old one to reveal the tonal depth and colors of your HDR pictures. Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets up
Verb
  • Her comments come as people debate the necessity of school supply lists as the back-to-school season rolls out.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 6 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Later that evening at Leathers, Simon summons Julia to his bedroom.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Both men will be summonsed to court to face a charge of selling fireworks.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Their journey takes a detour when her mom turns out to be a foul-mouthed truck driver, launching the trio into a cross-country odyssey filled with eccentric encounters, outrageous mishaps, and unexpected emotional revelations.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • My absolute favourite turns out to be 127, created in 1890 and named after the page on the ledger where its formula originally appeared.
    Sarah Turner, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Rooker unsurprisingly embraces the lunacy of his character, who dresses in Native American drag and tastes bird poop to track his prey.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • An extension of the Black Hole, Raider Nation gathers at this spot and turns it into a football frenzy on Sundays, or whenever the Raiders suit up.
    Marcus Smith, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The information TransUnion gathers is compiled into individual credit reports, which lenders, landlords and other parties use to assess a person’s creditworthiness and associated risk.
    Brian Sloan, CNBC, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This wakes my kids who start crying.
    Esther K. Choy, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • With a pop, the pumping compressor wakes with startling strength.
    Steven Searcy, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Buy before his price rises multiple rounds.
    Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The probability of lightning strikes rises as a thunderstorm approaches and peaks when the storm is directly above.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Gets up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20up. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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