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Phrase(s): get someone up (for something)
to get someone into peak condition for something; to prepare someone for something. • I hope we can get Walter up for the race. • Sharon was not quite prepared for the race, and the trainer did everything possible to get her up., Phrase(s): get up
to wake up and get out of bed. • What time do you usually get up? • I get up when I have to., Phrase(s): get up something
to manage to climb something. • I was so tired I couldn’t get up the stairs. • The entire group was able to get up the side of the mountain., Phrase(s): get something up
to organize, plan, and assemble something. • Let’s get a team up and enter the tournament. • I think we can get up a team quite easily., Phrase(s): get up (off (of) something)
to rise up and get off something. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) • Please get up off the sofa. I have to turn the cushions over. • Get up off of it!, Phrase(s): get up (from something)
to go to a standing position from a lower position. • She got up from the chair and walked to the door. • I don’t want to get up from this hammock unless I just have to., Phrase(s): get oneself up
1. to arise from bed; to rise to one’s feet. • I’ve got to get myself up and get going. • Get yourself up and get going. 2. Rur. to dress oneself up. • I got myself up in my Sunday best. • Jane got herself up as if she were a movie star.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. 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). [Mid1300s] 2. Ascend, mount, as in I hate to get up on a ladder. [First half of 1500s] 3. Create or organize, as in She got up the petition against zoning. [Late 1500s] 4. 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 al bums were got up with ruffles and lace. [Late 1700s] 5. 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.
American Heritage Idioms