get-up
[get-uhp]
getup
or get-up
[get-uhp]
- costume; outfit: Everyone will stare at you if you wear that getup.
- arrangement or format; style: the getup of a new cookbook.
Origin of getup
First recorded in 1825–35; noun use of verb phrase get up
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Examples from the Web for get-up
Contemporary Examples
But the “Thrift Shop” rapper initially seemed shocked that people could somehow interpret his get-up as offensive.
Macklemore, the Grammy Winning Rapper, Is a 9/11 Truther Who Likes to Play Anti-Semitic Dress-UpEmily Shire, Marlow Stern
May 20, 2014
I may not compliment you on your sexy NASCAR get-up, but I will defend with my last Snickers your right to wear one.
Historical Examples
He went to see headquarters in that get-up and lunched with the staff-officers.
One Man's Initiation--1917John Dos Passos
Smith shook his head and pantomimed Handy to survey his get-up.
A Pirate of PartsRichard Neville
Your get-up is splendid, my lad, and it makes me impatient to be off.
Jack at SeaGeorge Manville Fenn
A fly was standing at it, and as we passed, the Henniker in her Sunday get-up was stepping into it!
My Friend SmithTalbot Baines Reed
His get-up conveyed no information about his social position or means.
Somehow GoodWilliam de Morgan