1
as in rolls out
to leave one's bed
you need to get right up when the alarm goes off in the morning
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2
as in clothes
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
all got up in her Sunday best
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Recent Examples of gets up
This is a nice boost from gas-only SUVs — the regular Forester gets up to 29 mpg, for example.
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ABC News,
24 June 2026
That woman falls backward and the attacker gets up and approaches her before the video cuts out.
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Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Love gets up and can be heard yelling.
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Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
My wife gets up, brings another beer from the kitchen, and sets it in front of him.
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Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Muirbrook, 43, gets up to some of the same antics in the real retirement homes as Angela (Larter) and Ainsley (Randolph) do onscreen.
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Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Garance falls down, gets up, falls again, and again, but then finally one more time.
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Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
Audio clips of Lions doubters play in the background while Dan Campbell gets up from his desk to post the Lions schedule on the bulletin board.
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Jayna Bardahl,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
The valley's rich soil, combined with Alaska's legendary summer daylight (Palmer gets up to 19 hours of sun a day during the growing season), produces vegetables of almost unbelievable size.
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Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
ABC News,
24 June 2026
That woman falls backward and the attacker gets up and approaches her before the video cuts out.
—
Jazmin Alvarado,
Los Angeles Times,
23 June 2026
Love gets up and can be heard yelling.
—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
16 June 2026
My wife gets up, brings another beer from the kitchen, and sets it in front of him.
—
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
Muirbrook, 43, gets up to some of the same antics in the real retirement homes as Angela (Larter) and Ainsley (Randolph) do onscreen.
—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
Garance falls down, gets up, falls again, and again, but then finally one more time.
—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
17 May 2026
Audio clips of Lions doubters play in the background while Dan Campbell gets up from his desk to post the Lions schedule on the bulletin board.
—
Jayna Bardahl,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
The valley's rich soil, combined with Alaska's legendary summer daylight (Palmer gets up to 19 hours of sun a day during the growing season), produces vegetables of almost unbelievable size.
—
Jacqueline Dole,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets up
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The Art of the Pet package really rolls out the red carpet for dogs at this dog-only property.
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The deep-learning assistant integrates with the company’s existing size widgets and retailer data portals, and rolls out for retail deployment at the start of June.
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Honestly, Suzie has been a caricature of a demanding boss straight from some sort of rom-com situation, but Paula finally dresses her down here and the scene is delightful.
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While both draw big crowds and, like the pope, Bad Bunny often dresses in white, their messages are contrasting.
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In an attempt to regain her powers, Lucia accidentally summons a cosmic entity known as Altair.
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Chief to its success is a powerhouse performance by Yana Radeva, who summons the spirit of Gena Rowlands in Gloria as a woman determined not to be defined by men.
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The cliché that there’s no better way to see America turns out to be true, particularly for the towns that dot the old Route 66.
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Though Stinky Pete turns out to be a ne'er-do-well, Jessie is a valuable new pal who reveals her own trauma from being donated by her kid.
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As Leanne is left to deal with the aftermath, her family gathers to support her on her journey of starting over and navigating heartbreak in her 50s.
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In Joá, where the land gathers around the great presence of Pedra da Gávea—the mountain whose unmistakable form looms over Rio— before folding toward forest and sea, a level expanse of this scale feels equal parts modernist and surrealist.
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These memories of his brief, sad human life are uneasy dreams that Lestat wakes from on his tour bus as the sun sets over the road to Toledo.
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So, when Harvard-Westlake travels, one of his teammates wakes him.
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And when a bond is dumped, its yield — or the interest the government must pay new investors in those same bonds — rises.
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Black smoke rises from the area of the Russian oil producer Gazprom Neft's Moscow oil refinery on the south-eastern outskirts of Moscow on June 18, 2026.
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“Gets up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20up. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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