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get up

• rise from bed after sleeping.
• "I got up and took a shower"
Similar: get out of bed, rise, stir, rouse oneself, bestir oneself, get going, surface, show signs of life, arise,
Opposite: go to bed,
• (of wind or the sea) become strong or agitated.
• "it was getting dark, and the sea was getting up"
• dress someone in a specified smart, elaborate, or unusual way.
• "he was got up in striped trousers and a dinner jacket"
Similar: dress, clothe, attire, garb, fit out, turn out, deck, deck out, trick out/up, costume, array, robe, accoutre, doll up, bedizen, apparel,
• prepare or organize a project or piece of work.
• "we used to get up little plays"

get-up noun

• a style or arrangement of dress, especially an elaborate or unusual one.
• "her ridiculous Cossack's get-up"
Similar: outfit, clothes, costume, ensemble, suit, clothing, dress, attire, garments, garb, turnout, rig, uniform, livery, array, regalia, robes, finery, gear, togs, garms, duds, glad rags, clobber, kit, strip, rig-out, threads, apparel, raiment, habiliments, vestments, vesture, habit,


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