gets up
Example Sentences
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A teacher gets between the students, and the boy on the ground slowly gets up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
But while Porro gets up to speed, others in the Tottenham team are still getting to grips with the runs expected of them.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
But Garry—as enacted by Mr. Warren-Smith, whose double-barreled surname wouldn’t suit the lowdown lunacy Garry gets up to—is a warmly ingratiating performer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
On a cold November morning, designer Isaac Mizrahi gets up, leaves his apartment, and trudges to the corner newsstand to pick up a copy of Women’s Wear Daily.
From Salon ● Sep. 5, 2026
Julia gets up and starts messing with stuff on my desk.
From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée
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