got 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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got up

Then Fox got up, approached Eatherly and made gestures toward him.

From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026

A new study of 8,700 hedge-fund managers found that frequent job switchers got up to speed much faster than other new hires.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 17, 2026

And on my last morning along the river, I got up early and met Keith Chandler of Jenner-based Watertreks Ecotours at water’s edge.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026

Cunningham hit the ground hard but immediately got up to confront Carrington before team-mates separated them.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Michael got up and went to his closet.

From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly