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get up and out of bed; "I get up at 7 A.M. every day"; "They rose early"; "He uprose at night" cause to rise; "The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M." develop; "we worked up an as of an appetite" raise from a lower to a higher position; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" rise to one''s feet; "The audience got up and applauded" arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director''s office" study intensively, as before an exam; "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam" put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; "She never dresses up, even when she goes to the opera"; "The young girls were all fancied up for the party" |
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