get up
phr. v..phr. v.. To get out of bed, usually in the morning after you wake up. It can also mean to stand up from a sitting or lying position.
phr. v.. To rise from bed after sleeping, or to rise to one's feet. It is most commonly used intransitively, but can be used transitively and separably (get someone up).
I get up at 7 a.m. every day.
It's hard to get up on cold, dark winter mornings, even when the alarm goes off.
Despite the profound weariness that had settled in his bones, the old fisherman knew he must get up before dawn to check his nets.
- Particles
- up
- Separability
- separable
- Pattern
- get + up
Often followed by a time (e.g., 'at 7 a.m.') or an adverb (e.g., 'early', 'late').
Contrast with 'wake up': you wake up first (open your eyes), and then you get up (physically leave the bed).
He got up the child from her nap.He got the child up from her nap.When used with an object, 'get up' is separable, so the object must go between 'get' and 'up'.