English-French translations for get up

• se lever
  Ces personnes sont des réfugiés; elles ont le droit de dormir la nuit et de se lever le matin en sécurité. So these people are refugees; they are entitled to go to bed at night and get up in the morning, safe.
  Si un sommet est prévu demain, ils devraient se lever très tôt ou s'organiser différemment. En tout état de cause, leur place aujourd'hui était ici. If there is a Summit tomorrow, they should get up early or arrange things in some other way; but where they should be today is here.
  Chaque jour, chaque député de ce Parlement devrait se lever et se coucher avec l'idée qu'il ou elle coûtera, et a coûté, ce jour-là 6 400 euros au contribuable. Each Member of this House should have to get up and go to bed every day with the thought that he or she will cost, or has cost, the taxpayer EUR 6 400 that day.
• lever
  Ces personnes sont des réfugiés; elles ont le droit de dormir la nuit et de se lever le matin en sécurité. So these people are refugees; they are entitled to go to bed at night and get up in the morning, safe.
  Cependant, je vous dis à vous, Monsieur Schulz, qu'avant de me lever dans cet hémicycle, je me documente toujours très bien sur ce que je vais dire. However, I would say to you, Mr Schulz, when I get up in this place, I always research very thoroughly what I say.
  Si un sommet est prévu demain, ils devraient se lever très tôt ou s'organiser différemment. En tout état de cause, leur place aujourd'hui était ici. If there is a Summit tomorrow, they should get up early or arrange things in some other way; but where they should be today is here.
• sursauter

Definition of get up

• To move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb
• To rise from one's bed (often implying to wake up
• To move from a sitting or lying position to a standing position; to stand up
• To materialise; to grow stronger
• To bring together; to amass
• To gather or grow larger by accretion
• To go towards the attacking goal
• To criticise
• To annoy
• To dress in a certain way, especially extravagantly

Examples

• The tired horse eventually got up and over the hurdle
• Im having difficulty getting up the stairs
• I didnt get up until midday
• Get up off the couch and clean this mess!
• As dusk fell a storm got up
• The general got up a large body of men
• The locomotive got up a good head of steam
• I could see that he was getting up a temper
• He got up me about the mess I made in the kitchen
• She was all got up in the most ridiculous frilly dress

Related words

• vegetable soup
• target group
• get up on the wrong side of the bed
• get up to
• if you lie down with dogs, you get up with fleas
• get a leg up
• get the wind up
• get it up
• get one's hopes up