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View definitions for rise up

rise up

verb as in billow

verb as in mutiny

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The American people need to rise up and hold their elected officials accountable.

An “unknown” Democrat would rise up and defeat her for the nomination, a la 2008.

“I call on my friends, family, and loved ones to rise up against my real killers, the U.S. government,” said Foley.

It also traces his days as a juvenile delinquent, and gradual rise up the R&B charts.

In 2002 bin Laden released audio recordings calling on Nigerian Muslims to rise up against the state.

That bunch of cottonwoods with the new-made grave close by the dead horses seemed to rise up between us, and I became speechless.

Woe to you that rise up early in the morning to follow drunkenness, and to drink in the evening, to be inflamed with wine.

And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up out of his root.

Rise up, ye rich women, and hear my voice: ye confident daughters, give ear to my speech.

In the dens where dragons dwelt before, shall rise up the verdure of the reed and the bulrush.

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On this page you'll find 149 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rise up, such as: undulate, balloon, belly, bloat, bounce, and bulge.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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