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Get up meaning

Get up is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to rise from a sitting, kneeling, or lying position.

Past simple
got up
Past participle
got up
-ing form
getting up

What get up means

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To rise from a sitting, kneeling, or lying position

He got up from his chair and opened the window.

1 more meaning of get up is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With get: get back, get on, get in, get out, get along, get together, get around, get off, get at, get away.

With up: wake up, pick up, grow up, line up, make up, set up, put up, go up, bring up, mess up.

Common questions

What does get up mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to rise from a sitting, kneeling, or lying position. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of get up?

Got up, which is also its past participle.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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