get up

get up
phrasal verb
Word forms "get up":
present tense I/you/we/they get up he/she/it gets up present participle getting up past tense got up past participle got up
1)
a) [intransitive] to get out of bed after sleeping

He never gets up before nine.

b) get someone up
[transitive] to wake someone and tell them to get out of bed

Will you get me up at six tomorrow?

2) [transitive] British to organize something by asking different people to take part in it or provide help

Local people got up a petition against the factory closure.

3) [transitive] British to dress someone in a particular way
get someone up in/as:

The children were got up in fairy costumes.

She got herself up as Queen Victoria.

4) [intransitive] if the wind gets up, it starts blowing strongly
5)
a) get it up
very informal
b) to have an erection

English dictionary. 2014.

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