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 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 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

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In this one, Almodóvar opens the front door for it and rolls out the red carpet with a slightly crooked smile on his face.

— David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 19 May 2026
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