get up - phrasal verb

get up

meaning and examples

Use the phrasal verb “get up” for that time when you actually get out of bed. It does not have the same meaning as “wake up.” When you wake up in the morning, or when you wake up from a nap, you are finished sleeping. Then you have to get up. This involves taking yourself out of the bed. From there, you start your day. 

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  • What time do you get up in the morning? 
  • Is it easy for you to get up? 
  • I get up at about 5:00 every day. 
  • Sometimes it’s hard to get up. 
  • Let’s get up early tomorrow and do something.  

To get up can also mean to take oneself out of a seated or horizontal position. 

  • He can’t get up from his chair. 
  • The police officer told the man lying on the street to get up. 
  • Everyone got up and gave the speaker a standing ovation. 
  • Get up there and say something. (get up there = go to a place) 

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get up

Everyone has a different attitude when it comes to getting up in the morning. 

  • Maria looks forward to getting up in the morning. (gerund) 
  • What time did you get up this morning? (past tense) 
  • It’s not easy for some people to get up. (infinitive) 
  • Mario always gets up late. (present tense) 
  • Sara hasn’t gotten up yet. She’s still in bed. (present perfect tense, negative) 
  • I got up early this morning and worked on my website. (past tense) 
  • People who get up early in the morning have a competitive advantage over those who sleep late. (adjective clause) 

get up / got up / gotten up

Young woman lying in a white bed and about to get up
  • She’s going to get up. 
  • Before she gets up, she thinks about what she needs to do. 
  • She gets up every day at 6:30. 
Use an alarm clock to get up in the morning
  • When your alarm clock goes off in the morning and you wake up, do you get up right away or do you go back to sleep?  

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