Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

get up to

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.01 in modern English

Syllables: get up -to
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To do something, especially something that is forbidden or improper.

Example Sentences

"Recently he's been getting up to all sorts of mischief."
"I haven't seen you for a while. What have you been getting up to?"
"The windows on one side of the large open-plan room overlook the nurses' accommodation for the nearby University College Hospital[…] The LRB's editor, Mary-Kay Wilmers, likes this view. She enjoys "seeing what the nurses get up to"."

Inflected Forms

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

Phrases

up to

Frequently Paired Words

up to

Questions

What does get up to mean?: To do something, especially something that is forbidden or improper.

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