got up

past tense of get up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of got up Now, Entertainment Weekly looks back at what the cast of The Love Boat got up to after their years at sea. — Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2026 Raine fortunately landed flush on her buttocks, rather than on bone, and got up, leaving the Saloon without a backwards glance. — Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 22 Sep. 2026 People didn’t even have the apps on their phones back then, but as social media grew, people got up to speed with it. — Anusha Praturu, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026 Treadwell got up and was smoked by the Chiefs’ Nohl Williams. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026 The officer fell to the ground and immediately got up and worked to apprehend the suspects, according to police and video of the incident released by police. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 Upon seeing things turn physical, Mejia, who is a retired New Jersey police officer, got up and Olenick followed. — Taylor Galgano, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026 Cronenworth got up and headed home, sliding in headfirst with the tying run. — ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 The woman got up on their table and gleefully pretended to tap dance, drawing an amused crowd of onlookers. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got up
Verb
  • Ramping up its 170th anniversary celebration, Burberry on Monday rolled out a new global campaign anchored on its signature outerwear and the people who wear it.
    — Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Also possibly factoring into the year-to-year gains is the iCloud+ expansion launched by Apple on September 15, which rolled out access to Apple TV at no additional cost for paid iCloud+ subscribers across more than 170 countries.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Several were naked or partially clothed and left in open areas near main roads.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • The Sun, who now begin the process of relocating to Houston for next season, gave their loyal, vociferous and orange-clad fans a goodbye present, a 95-81 victory over the Toronto Tempo, just a little something to remember them by.
    — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • After receiving a letter of protest, President Meyer summoned a general meeting on November 23.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Peters and two other men were summoned to appear on charges of discharging a gun in public.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • What was initially diagnosed as a Grade 1 ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) sprain turned out to be much worse for the now 29-year-old reliever.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Upon closer examination, beats like the ones that Fleming’s team described turned out to reflect not quantum coherence, but a resonance between wiggling molecular bonds.
    — Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The photos showed the Lincoln football players posing behind the counter and drive-thru window dressed in their football uniforms and helmets.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The Cézanne portrait is one of four paintings of the artist’s son dressed as the Harlequin figure from clowning.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The students of the Aburi Girls Boarding School in central Ghana have gathered to perform for a recruiter from the Miss Ghana pageant.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2026
  • On the other side of Via Solari, a handful of policemen gathered around dozens of demonstrators, who ardently—but peacefully—chanted for entirely different reasons.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 28 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Above-average rainfall in June and August, along with several cold fronts sweeping across the region, woke the seeds from a lengthy slumber to transform the landscape.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Neither support socialism or are perceived as woke, which is otherwise a growing trend among Democratic challengers in the country.
    — Hazel Gandhi, The Providence Journal, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The water level rose and fell daily, the cycles gradually shifting over the course of the month.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
  • The father-daughter pair embraced as Verlander started to cry, and the crowd quickly rose to their feet for a standing ovation.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2026

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“Got up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20up. Accessed 1 Oct. 2026.

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