getup

or get-up

[ get-uhp ]

/ ˈgɛtˌʌp /

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noun Informal.

costume; outfit: Everyone will stare at you if you wear that getup.

arrangement or format; style: the getup of a new cookbook.

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Origin of getup

First recorded in 1825–35; noun use of verb phrase get up

Words nearby getup

Gettysburg, Gettysburg Address, Gettysburg, Battle of, get under one's skin, get under someone's skin, getup, get-up-and-go, get up one's nerve, get up on the wrong side of bed, get up on the wrong side of the bed, get up steam

Other definitions for getup (2 of 2)

get-up

[ get-uhp ]

/ ˈgɛtˌʌp /

noun

getup.

get-up-and-go.

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How to use getup in a sentence

My grandmother boiled my grandfather’s entire get-up in a big vat once he was done.
My 3 Greatest Revelations - Issue 108: Change|Lina Zeldovich|November 10, 2021|Nautilus
He was gonna join the fight, you know, really he was, got his ninja getup fitted and everything.
The Scared Widdle Kitty of ISIS|Jacob Siegel|December 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She was met with boos and shouts, as a man wearing a Revolutionary War getup yelled, “Let someone else speak!”
CPAC Panel on Transcending Racist Label Breaks Down Into Verbal Chaos|Caitlin Dickson|March 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It was something of a shock to find that her colorful peasant getup was antiseptically sheathed in a white laboratory coat.
Card Trick|Walter Bupp AKA Randall Garrett

Couldn't tell that so much from her getup as from the Frenchy hat and boulevard whiskers he's sportin'.
Shorty McCabe on the Job|Sewell Ford
Acting as a doorman was another figure, human size, clad in a similar getup.
The Scarlet Lake Mystery|Harold Leland Goodwin
The matter of his speech was excellent, its form, occasionally, as extravagant as his getup.
The Strand Magazine, Volume XVII, February 1899, No. 98.|Various
There was cheer in Naab's "Getup," now, and the horses quickened with it.
The Heritage of the Desert|Zane Grey

British Dictionary definitions for getup

get up

verb (mainly adverb)

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 ascendthe 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 strengththe wind got up at noon

(tr) informal to dress (oneself) in a particular way, esp showily or elaborately

(tr) informal to devise or createto get up an entertainment for Christmas

(tr) informal to study or improve one's knowledge ofI must get up my history

(intr foll by to) informal to be involved inhe's always getting up to mischief

(intr) Australian informal to win, esp in a sporting event

noun get-up

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

get up

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]

Ascend, mount, as in I hate to get up on a ladder. [First half of 1500s]

Create or organize, as in She got up the petition against zoning. [Late 1500s]

Dress or adorn, as in She plans to get herself up in a bizarre outfit. This usage is most often put in the form of the past participle (got up), as in The wedding albums were got up with ruffles and lace. [Late 1700s]

Draw on, create in oneself, as in I finally got up the nerve to quit, or Joe got up his courage and told the boss he was leaving. [Early 1800s] Also see get someone's back up; also see the subsequent idioms beginning with get up.