getting up

present participle of get up
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as in summoning
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 Synonyms for getting up
Verb
  • In the latest version of the Files by Google app, summoning Gemini while looking at a PDF gives you the option to ask about the file, writes Android Police.
    Wes Davis, The Verge, 21 Dec. 2024
  • By the 1980s, when more modern methods of summoning help had supplanted its usefulness, the tower remained as a beacon for bored teenagers.
    Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Now that Easter is approaching and the family will be gathering together, the woman is concerned about once again putting her elder daughter in an uncomfortable position of being excluded.
    Erin Clack, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • An intense scrupulousness is still required of those tasked with gathering insight into players.
    Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
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“Getting up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting%20up. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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