Stand Up vs Get Up - What's the Difference?
Definition as Verb
- rise to one's feet
- get up and out of bed
- raise from a lower to a higher position
- cause to rise
- develop
- put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive
- arrange by systematic planning and united effort
- study intensively, as before an exam
Definition as Verb
- rise to one's feet
- refuse to back down; remain solid under criticism or attack
- put into an upright position
- be standing; be upright
- defend against attack or criticism
- resist or withstand wear, criticism, etc.
- rise up as in fear
Synonyms
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overdress, dress up, fig out, fig up, deck up, gussy up, fancy up, trick up, deck out, trick out, prink, attire, rig out, tog up, tog out
Examples
- "The audience got up and applauded"
- "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night"
- "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
- "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."
- "we worked up an as of an appetite"
- "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party"
- "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
- "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam"
- "The audience got up and applauded"
- "Can you stand the bookshelf up?"
- "We had to stand for the entire performance!"
- "He stood up for his friend"; "She stuck up for the teacher who was accused of harassing the student"
- "Her shoes won't hold up"; "This theory won't hold water"
- "The dog's fur bristled"; "It was a sight to make one's hair uprise!"