get up
To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.
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It’s 4am. I finally finished up M, I’m half way through the book pages. I struggled with focus after a while. I want to get up, finish the other pages and get the cover done and sent onto Amazon.
That's not how any of this works. BlueSky is a private company funded by venture capital, there's no "letting" them run things. You can defederate and run your own fork, but running the architecture is in the tens of…
iPhone users could get up to $95 per device as Apple reaches $250M settlement over Siri delays https://www.europesays.com/news/25171/ Last March, Apple was hit with a class action lawsuit after delaying the launch o…
Built a city on a haunted moon. Now fog, grass, rust & water are plotting against me. Amberspire is a gorgeous dice-chucking citybuilder where losing is inevitable but you get up again. It's the Chumbawumba of stra…
and then he told her she needs to get up and make mangu for everyone. that he/kenny volunteered her to make. she should punch him actually #LCDLF6
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To rise from one's bed, usually upon waking up in order to begin one's day.
I'm having difficulty getting up the stairs.
“It’s 4am. I finally finished up M, I’m half way through the book pages. I struggled with focus after a while. I want to get up, finish the other pages and get the cover done and sent onto Amazon.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“That's not how any of this works. BlueSky is a private company funded by venture capital, there's no "letting" them run things. You can defederate and run your own fork, but running the architecture is in the tens of thousands of dollars a month once you get up to scale.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“iPhone users could get up to $95 per device as Apple reaches $250M settlement over Siri delays https://www.europesays.com/news/25171/ Last March, Apple was hit with a class action lawsuit after delaying the launch of the “more personalized…”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Built a city on a haunted moon. Now fog, grass, rust & water are plotting against me. Amberspire is a gorgeous dice-chucking citybuilder where losing is inevitable but you get up again. It's the Chumbawumba of strategy games — and I'm on city #7.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“>> You got to get up and make you fight for”
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To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up.
I didn't get up until midday.
“and then he told her she needs to get up and make mangu for everyone. that he/kenny volunteered her to make. she should punch him actually #LCDLF6”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Every day I get up, look in the mirror, and say “Don’t get food poisoning.” So far, my body has followed these instructions to the letter.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Hell they don’t even want to get up and vote for someone to fix it.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I'm pretty sure a 5 year old, or any of these kids, could take on Cheeto in a fight. Just push him down like a turtle and he'll struggle to get up”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I’m sorry you’re having a bad day. I’m just hungry and lazy to get up Its rainy here too”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(literally) To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
Get up means: To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
get up means: To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
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— Bluesky· May 2026“I need to get up but I’m completely covered in cats”
— Bluesky· May 2026“i'm sure him feeding you plenty of sweet, greasy, and fatty foods mean nothing too, this is hard work and it sure does work up a massive appetite doesn't it, it's quite nice of him to provide your meals so you don't have to get up at all”
— Bluesky· May 2026“oh hey it's midnight and iw as gonna try and get up early to get to work early to justify leaving early”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Ngl my cat daughter learned to get up when I tell her I need to. Sometimes she's stubborn, but she'll usually pop right up when I tell her to!!”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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