get up off
B1 informal inseparable transitive
In simple words
To stand up or move away from the surface you were sitting or lying on.
Literal meaning: To rise from a surface you are resting on — largely transparent.
Meanings
1 A2 informal
To stand up or rise from a surface such as the floor, a chair, or a sofa.
"Get up off the couch and come help me with the groceries."
Grammar: inseparable
2 B2
idiomatic
informal
(Figurative/motivational) To stop being passive or inactive and take action.
"It's time to get up off your knees and fight for what you believe in."
Grammar: inseparable
Usage notes
The 'off' adds specificity about what surface the person is rising from. Often used as an emphatic command ('get up off that sofa!') or in phrases popularised by music and motivational speech ('get up off your feet'). More emphatic than plain 'get up'.
Commonly used with
floor sofa couch ground chair knees feet bed
Forms
Base
get up off
I/you/we/they
3rd person
gets up off
he/she/it
Past simple
got up off
yesterday
Past participle
got/gotten up off
have + pp
-ing form
getting up off
continuous
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Synonyms
rise from stand up from lift yourself off get up from leave vacate
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