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get on up

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Get up.
    colloquial
  2. To dance with abandon
    colloquial

Examples

“1925, William Faulkner, “Sunset”, reprinted in New Orleans Sketches, University Press⟳ of Mississippi (2002), →ISBN, page 77, “Get⟳ on up yonder and get⟳ a ticket, if you want⟳ to ride⟳.””
“All morning I tried to get⟳ on up where the tanks were [...].”
“So get⟳ on up (get⟳ on up) / On the floor (get⟳ on up) / Get⟳ on up, now (get⟳ on up) / And dance⟳ some more (get⟳ on up)”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

get on with get one up on get one's get one's a into g get one's act together get one's affairs in order

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