got up

past tense of get up

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of got up Jones got up, straightened his shoulder pads and headed back to the defensive backfield. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 Oct. 2026 There were scuff marks on the coffee table where Porsha got up and tried to teach everyone how to twerk. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026 Barkov remained down for a few moments, then got up and headed toward the tunnel leading to the Florida dressing room. — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026 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 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got up
Verb
  • The retail concept, which has been in test phase, will be rolled out beginning in the fourth quarter.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Viewers began to complain of superhero fatigue as more and more new series debuted on Disney+ and still more films rolled out.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Also on the premises are a striking one-bedroom cabin clad entirely in redwood, an outdoor movie pavilion, and sweeping mountain and city lights views from every vantage point.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Union members and their supporters were dressed colorfully, clad in red or green, and their march through the Brussels city center passed off peacefully.
    — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Congressional committees on occasion have summoned tech company executives — sometimes with a friendly ear, but more often to berate them.
    — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Yet Fox summoned all its journalists in Lviv for a Zoom call, Hall wrote in Saved.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Still, Terry Strada, whose husband, Tom Strada, was killed in the attacks, said she was encouraged that more than 100 family members of 9/11 victims turned out and by the judges’ questions.
    — Tom Winter, NBC news, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Video review determined the fan did interfere, the play was scored an RBI double for Volpe but the run that did not turned out to be the difference.
    — Stephen Whyno, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • There was music and singing, but we were dressed in gowns and tuxedos and then did militant poetry.
    — Jeremy Rellosa, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Swedish architect Martin Brudnizki dressed it in bold Art Deco and an electric color palette that doesn't apologize for existing on Sunset Boulevard.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • More than 1,000 people were gathered as more than 50 shots were fired in at least two locations about a block apart in Vienna, Georgia, according to Dooly County Sheriff Craig Peavy.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Deryck gathered up the platinum blonde lengths and rolled them into two equal portions on either side of Megan's head, pinning and sculpting them to resemble the pointed shape of a cat ear.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • This is what publishers get for selling out to woke novelists!
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • At 5 the next morning, my mother woke to find my dad’s side of the bed empty.
    — Trisha Thadani Kirsten Potter Tanya Pérez Devin Murphy, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • Jim Bakker, televangelist who rose to fame and fell from grace, has died at 86.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2026
  • First-half box office rose 42% on last year, admissions rose 34%, and Korean films took 64% of revenue.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026

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“Got up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20up. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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