get on up
English
[edit]Verb
[edit]get on up (third-person singular simple present gets on up, present participle getting on up, simple past got on up, past participle (UK) got on up or (US) gotten on up)
- (colloquial) Get up.
- 1925, William Faulkner, “Sunset”, reprinted in New Orleans Sketches,[1] University Press of Mississippi (2002), →ISBN, page 77,
- “Get on up yonder and get a ticket, if you want to ride.”
- 1943, Ernie Pyle, Here is Your War, page 167:
- All morning I tried to get on up where the tanks were [...].
- 1925, William Faulkner, “Sunset”, reprinted in New Orleans Sketches,[1] University Press of Mississippi (2002), →ISBN, page 77,
- (colloquial) To dance with abandon
- 1967, The Esquires, Get On Up (song)
- 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)
- 1967, The Esquires, Get On Up (song)
Synonyms
[edit]- (dance with abandon): get down