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"get up" Definition

  1. a person’s appearance or general arrangements. Probably derived from the decorations of a play. “There’s so much GETTING UP to please the town, It takes a precious deal of coming down.” _Planché’s Mr. Buckstone’s Ascent of Parnassus._

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Position in the dictionary: 1428 of 4022 slang words.
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