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get up

A2 neutral inseparable both
In simple words

To get out of bed or stand up from where you are sitting or lying.

Literal meaning: To move to a higher position — largely transparent.

Meanings

1 A2 neutral

To get out of bed after sleeping.

"I usually get up at seven, but on Sundays I let myself sleep in."

Grammar: inseparable
2 A2 neutral

To stand up or rise from a seated, kneeling, or lying position.

"She got up from her chair and walked to the window."

Grammar: inseparable
3 B2 idiomatic neutral

(Of wind, a storm, or speed) to increase or intensify.

"The wind was getting up by the time they reached the harbour."

Grammar: inseparable
4 A2 neutral

To wake and rouse someone else from sleep.

"Can you get the children up at half past seven? I have an early meeting."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

One of the most common and essential phrasal verbs in English. 'Get up' is used daily for the act of rising from bed. 'Get someone up' means to wake and rouse them. Also used for wind or speed increasing ('the wind got up'). Very high frequency across all English varieties.

Commonly used with

early late morning bed floor speed wind courage

Forms

Base
get up
I/you/we/they
3rd person
gets up
he/she/it
Past simple
got up
yesterday
Past participle
got/gotten up
have + pp
-ing form
getting up
continuous

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Synonyms

rise get out of bed stand up arise rouse oneself stir

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