get oneself up

get oneself up
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.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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