getting up

Synonyms

boner waking stand up

Examples

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic. Roy Blount

The old dog barks backward without getting up. I can remember when he was a pup. Robert Frost

Really, why am I doing this anymore? It makes me crazy. I hate getting up early in the morning, and I don't particularly like doing the show. Howard Stern

For my part, getting up seems not so easy By half as lying. Thomas Hood

Not by getting up early does the sunrise come any sooner. Spanish Proverb

One may get up late if one has the name of getting up early. American Proverb

Words in the phrase

getting up

Close letter words and terms

getting through getting to getting tough getting up in years getting upper hand getting used to