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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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

Like anybody else, Helen Edwards gets up in the morning and gets ready to go to work - except she has no idea whether she'll be safe when she gets there.

From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026

She now reliably gets up with the jolt from a wristwatchlike device called the Pavlok Shock Clock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

Salieri gets up every morning and tries to destroy that which he loves most.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2026

When it realizes that it can’t breathe, it gets up.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola