1
as in rolling out
to leave one's bed
you need to get right up when the alarm goes off in the morning
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2
as in clothing
to outfit with clothes and especially fine or special clothes
all got up in her Sunday best
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Recent Examples of getting up
Much of the discrepancy here is likely tied more to sleep than to something inherently beneficial about getting up at the crack of dawn.
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Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
Slowly open your eyes and wait another minute or two before getting up.
—Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Guests of Glenapp Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland are getting up close and personal with Highlanders, a mild-mannered, highly social breed of cows native to the country.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
Luck was sacked a career-high 41 times as a rookie (fourth highest in the NFL that year) and kept getting up, willing a group that went 2-14 in 2011 to 11 wins one year later.
—Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Borjon needed assistance getting up and was taken from the field on a cart about midway through the 2½-hour workout.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Sep. 2025
Slowly open your eyes and wait another minute or two before getting up.
—Ann Pietrangelo, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Guests of Glenapp Castle in Ayrshire, Scotland are getting up close and personal with Highlanders, a mild-mannered, highly social breed of cows native to the country.
—Lydia Price, Travel + Leisure, 23 Aug. 2025
Luck was sacked a career-high 41 times as a rookie (fourth highest in the NFL that year) and kept getting up, willing a group that went 2-14 in 2011 to 11 wins one year later.
—Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Borjon needed assistance getting up and was taken from the field on a cart about midway through the 2½-hour workout.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for getting up
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Publix is rolling out a fresh lineup of seasonal desserts that taste like autumn in every bite.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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From rooftop aquatheaters with massive high-definition screens to sports bars, lounges, and poolside cabanas, the city’s venues are rolling out premium viewing experiences for fans.—
Nasha Smith,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Cannon has scheduled three days for jury selection in Routh's case, summoning 180 people to a federal courthouse in Fort Pierce, Florida.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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To assert his view in a personal and visible way, in early 1951 Truman took the unprecedented step of summoning to the White House the entire Federal Reserve Open Market Committee.—
Robert Hormats,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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The network will air the iconic Video Music Awards for the first time ever, and a number of top names are turning out to support the event.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Old Hamlet’s retainers acquired crumbling public housing estates turning out occupants enabling them to build showy apartments for cash buyers.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
29 Aug. 2025
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While the relationship didn't become romantic until later on, Umansky and Zingerman spent nearly every waking moment together in high school.—
Emy LaCroix,
People.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Drown is now striving to be able to flip sleeping clients without waking them up.—
Sarah Larson,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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This means gathering people with diverse professional backgrounds, as well as drawing from internal talent with deep institutional knowledge.—
Maureen Cawley,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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In his Kurdish-majority town (equidistant from large cities Şanlıurfa and Diyarbakır, also with large Kurdish populations), Eyüp works at a tomato harvesting farm, gathering and salting heaps of the crimson fruit under the baking sun.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
16 Sep. 2025
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She was viciously beaten after having been detained by an officer who accused her of not dressing appropriately in public, in defiance of the country’s hijab rule, which broadly governs what women should wear.—
Fatemeh Jamalpour,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Specifically, what Everton plan to do about the urinals in the historic stadium’s women’s dressing rooms.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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After all, though TikTok may tell you that everyone is doing up their dorm rooms at the cost of roughly a new car, in reality, the average family spend (according to a RetailMeNot poll) is a much less jaw-dropping $598.—
Alex Apatoff,
People.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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After the cyberstalking ordeal came to an end and started making national news, the Wilsons poked fun at Kendra's fate by dressing up a scarecrow in a prison jumpsuit with a mask of her mugshot over its face, per The Cut.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some of these garnishes are also dressing up orange wine, a trending summer beverage.—
Colleen Sullivan,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Getting up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/getting%20up. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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