Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get on up

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.98 in modern English

Syllables: get on up
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Get up.

Colloquial

verb

To dance with abandon

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"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)"

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

gets on up (present, singular) getting on up (participle, present) got on up (past) got on up (UK, participle) gotten on up (US, participle)

Synonyms

get down

Questions

What does get on up mean?: Get up.

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