get up

Example Sentences

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"They could make all of the music without the get-up and I think they'd still do well," he says.

From BBC • Jun. 14, 2025

Do the aliens have a traditional green-Martian look, or is it more of a menacing Independence Day get-up?

From Slate • Jul. 29, 2023

Remember Eastman's get-up on Jan. 6 when he addressed the crowd at the Ellipse near the White House, in some kind of louche cowboy hat and silk scarf?

From Salon • Jul. 22, 2023

But our Barbies also came with the shimmering black gown of a chanteuse, complete with standup mic and long black gloves — hardly the get-up of a woman with her mind set only on marriage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2023

“That boy’s got a job his first day here. That’s get-up for you. He’s going somewhere. He just don’t sit and gab. He moves.”

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright