gets up

VERB

mount; get out of bed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awake awaken climb stand

WEAK

arise ascend increase move up pile out rise rise and shine roll out scale spring out turn out uprise upspring

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deaden go to sleep

Example Sentences

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gets up

The monument gets up to 20,000 visitors a day at peak times.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

He quickly gets up to the net to finish a rally.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

Habiba's day starts at around 4:00 am, when she gets up to pray before preparing breakfast with her daughters on a wood-fired stove.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

Apple even says it gets up to 16 hours of battery life, a few hours shy of the MacBook Air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026

Then he gets up and storms out into the hall.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman