GETS UP Synonyms: 97 Similar and Opposite Words

gets up

verb

Definition of gets up next

present tense third-person singular of get up

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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as in clothes

to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes all got up in her Sunday best

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as in summons

to call into being through the use of one's inner resources or powers I'm still trying to get up the energy to reply

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Recent Examples of gets up When the mother cat gets up and steps away from her kittens for a moment, the chickens are right there. —

Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026 Then the mama cat gets up and steps away from her newborns for a moment. —

Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 27 Apr. 2026 This happens as a person being chased by another person runs up from the street, falls on the sidewalk, gets up, and keeps heading toward the house. —

Steve Karnowski, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026 As the manager of the bridge — and the first woman to oversee it in 200 years — Evans gets up close and personal to it on a daily basis, and is constantly surprised by the technical details. —

Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 9 Mar. 2026 Venus gets up on the bar and talks about his whole life story and coming out, which is sweet and all, but, girl, this is taking away from our drinking and hooking up time. —

Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026 The movie’s strongest sequences arrive in the second half, once Aaron begins to shed his most selfish impulses and gets up the nerve to pursue therapy. —

Natalia Winkelman, IndieWire, 27 Jan. 2026 This is how the Canadiens’ top four is likely to look once Guhle gets up to speed, with Mike Matheson and Noah Dobson together on the top pair and Guhle and Hutson on the second pair, with Hutson most likely to shift over to the right side. —

Arpon Basu, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026 Ennin gets up and stumbles down the block before collapsing next to a building. —

Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2026

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Instead of a lean eight-episode binge drop and a moody antihero, the medical drama rolls out 15-episode seasons, one a week, full of lofty ideals and heroic characters fighting the good fight.

— Jennifer Silverman, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Directed by Ben Gregor and featuring a high-profile cast including Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy and Nicola Coughlan, the adaptation rolls out across more than 300 locations.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026