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GET UP

Definition:

[verb] rise to one's feet; "The audience got up and applauded"
Synonyms: arise, rise, uprise, stand up
[verb] get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
Synonyms: turn out, arise, uprise, rise
[verb] raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
Synonyms: raise, lift, elevate, bring up
[verb] cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."
[verb] develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite"
Synonyms: work up
[verb] 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"
Synonyms: dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, rig out, tog up, tog out, overdress
[verb] arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
Synonyms: organize, organise, prepare, devise, machinate
[verb] study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
Synonyms: cram, grind away, drum, bone up, swot, mug up, swot up, bone