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.
More meanings in the appSimilar 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.
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