gets up
Stands from sitting
Gets up most commonly means to rise from bed or from a seated or lying position: She gets up at six every morning, He gets up slowly from the couch.
It can also mean to summon or muster: I can't get up the energy to go out tonight.
In British usage, to get oneself up is to dress or costume oneself elaborately: She gets up as a witch every Halloween.
- ariseCome into being
- rise and shineCheerful wake-up call
- stumblesWalks unsteadily, nearly falling
- bright eyedAlert and enthusiastic
- morningDay's early hours
on your feet · rouse · upright · awaken · crack of dawn · groggy · rising · shower · yawns · breakfast · morning routine · stirs · jump · springs · alarm · leap · bed · stretch
- bouncing backrebounds, springs back, snaps back, ricochets, boomerang effect
vertical position/posture
gets uplies down
Assumes resting position
sits down · falls down · kneels down · collapses · reclines
waking/sleep state
gets upgoes to bed
Begins sleeping for night
goes to sleep · lies down · turns in · retires · hits the hay