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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
get up
v
  1. rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
    Synonym(s): arise, rise, uprise, get up, stand up
    Antonym(s): lie, lie down, sit, sit down
  2. get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
    Synonym(s): get up, turn out, arise, uprise, rise
    Antonym(s): bed, crawl in, go to bed, go to sleep, hit the hay, hit the sack, kip down, retire, sack out, turn in
  3. raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
    Synonym(s): raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up
    Antonym(s): bring down, get down, let down, lower, take down
  4. cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."
  5. develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"
    Synonym(s): work up, get up
  6. put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
    Synonym(s): overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, get up, rig out, tog up, tog out
    Antonym(s): dress down, underdress
  7. arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
    Synonym(s): organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
  8. study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
    Synonym(s): cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, get up, mug up, swot up, bone
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