Get up meaning
Get up means to get out of bed after you sleep. It can also mean to stand up after sitting or lying down.
get up
get up · got · getting
I get up at half past six on weekdays.
Get up meanings and examples
2 meanings, each with its own CEFR level from Oxford Learner’s Dictionaries and the Cambridge Dictionary.
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Get out of bed after you sleep
get up
- I get up at half past six on weekdays.
- What time did you get up this morning?
- She didn’t get up until noon on Sunday.
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2
Stand up after sitting or lying down
get up
- Everyone got up when the bride walked in.
- Don’t get up, I’ll answer the door.
- He got up from the sofa to look for the remote.
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Is get up separable?
Get up has no object in its main meanings: I get up at seven. Do not put a noun or a pronoun after it.
To make another person get out of bed, put that person in the middle: Can you get the kids up? Get them up by eight.
Verb tenses for get up
| Present | I get up · she gets up |
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| Past | got up |
| Present perfect | have got up (US: have gotten up) |
| -ing form | getting up |
Common mistakes with get up
What learners often say, and what to say instead.
Wrong: I get me up at seven every day.
Right: I get up at seven every day.
Get up is not reflexive in English, so do not add me or myself.
Wrong: On Saturdays I stand up at ten.
Right: On Saturdays I get up at ten.
Stand up means rise to your feet. For leaving your bed, say get up.
Wrong: I got up of bed late today.
Right: I got out of bed late today.
Get up needs no of. With the word bed, say get out of bed.
Synonyms and opposites of get up
Words close to it, and words that mean the opposite.
Similar
Opposite
- go to bedget into bed at night to sleep
- lie downput your body flat on a bed or sofa to rest
Get up quiz
Three quick questions. Pick an answer to see if it is right and why.
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1My alarm goes off at six, but I usually ___ at quarter past.
Get up means get out of bed.
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2Choose the right sentence.
Get up needs no myself or me.
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3The teacher walked in and the whole class ___.
Here get up means stand up from your chairs.
More phrasal verbs with get
All phrasal verbs with get, by level, with an exercise
19 phrasal verbs start with get. Test yourself on all of them in a few minutes.
- get onA2go onto a bus, train, plane, boat or bike
- get offA2leave a bus, train, plane, boat or bike
- get backA2return home or to a place where you were before
- get inA2enter a car, a taxi, a building or a small space
- get outA2leave a car, a room or a building
- get intoA2go inside a car, a building or a small space
- get overB1feel better after an illness
- get alongB1like each other and be friendly
- get aroundB1travel or move from place to place
- get togetherB1meet other people, usually to spend time together
- get byB2manage to live or do something with just enough money, skill or help
- get throughB2pass an exam or reach the next stage of a competition
- get awayB2escape from a person or a place
- get away withB2do something wrong and not be punished for it
- get aheadB2be successful in your job or in life
- get on withB2start or continue doing something, especially work, after a pause
- get out ofB2avoid doing something you should do, often with an excuse
- get down toB2start doing something seriously and with full attention
Get up FAQ
Questions people ask about get up.
What is the difference between get up and wake up?
You wake up when you stop sleeping. You get up when you leave your bed. I woke up at six but didn’t get up until seven.
What does get up to mean?
Get up to means do something, often something a bit naughty. What did you get up to at the weekend? The kids are quiet. What are they getting up to?
What is a get-up?
A get-up, with a hyphen, is a set of clothes, usually strange or funny ones: He came to the party in a pirate get-up. It is informal.
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