getup
or get-up
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
1Other definitions for get-up (2 of 2)
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How to use getup in a sentence
The kids are out of school, Mom is out of get-up-and-go, Dad is out of work.
Her risqué get-up obviously made it challenging for people to believe that she had any abilities at all.
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-Up | Emily Shire, Marlow Stern | May 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI may not compliment you on your sexy NASCAR get-up, but I will defend with my last Snickers your right to wear one.
But the exquisite was used to it; he would only have felt badly if they had ignored his new get-up.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. Morrison
Her face was haggard; her general get-up was in something like scarecrow disorder; she didn't even care how she looked.
Overland | John William De ForestI wasn't sure whether that collar was part of your get-up as an eccentric comedian.
Sinister Street, vol. 1 | Compton MackenzieThe binding is in keeping with the general get-up, and the book would make an admirable Christmas present.
Beyond | Henry Seward HubbardFor when the time came these gentlemen fought well enough, and ruined their picturesque get-up with their own blood.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton Merriman
British Dictionary definitions for get up
to wake and rise from one's bed or cause to wake and rise from bed
(intr) to rise to one's feet; stand up
(also preposition) to ascend or cause to ascend: the old van couldn't get up the hill
to mount or help to mount (a bicycle, horse, etc)
to increase or cause to increase in strength: the wind got up at noon
(tr) informal to dress (oneself) in a particular way, esp showily or elaborately
(tr) informal to devise or create: to get up an entertainment for Christmas
(tr) informal to study or improve one's knowledge of: I must get up my history
(intr foll by to) informal to be involved in: he's always getting up to mischief
(intr) Australian informal to win, esp in a sporting event
informal a costume or outfit, esp one that is striking or bizarre
informal the arrangement or production of a book, etc
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Other Idioms and Phrases with getup
Arise from bed; also, sit or stand up. For example, Once I get up and have coffee, I'm ready to work. One of Irving Berlin's earliest hit songs was “Oh! How I hate to Get Up in the Morning” (1918). [Mid-1300s]
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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