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gotten up

VERB

mount; get out of bed

Synonyms

STRONGEST

awake awaken climb stand

WEAK

arise ascend increase move up pile out rise rise and shine roll out scale spring out turn out uprise upspring

Antonyms

STRONGEST

deaden go to sleep

Example Sentences

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And what he is alleged to have gotten up to with Jeffrey Epstein was redolent of low moral character.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

I had gotten up five straight nights to sit up because my coughing was so bad.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 28, 2024

The captain, Jacob Knowles, had gotten up at 3 a.m. on a brisk October morning and took his vessel 10 miles into the ocean.

From New York Times • Oct. 28, 2023

On the graph that showed time awake or in various sleep stages during the night, I saw only brief hiccups of wakefulness when I’d gotten up to pee.

From Slate • Sep. 6, 2023

Like nearly the same time Genie and Ernie had gotten up to “take care” of Michael Jackson, an event that Genie was trying his best to not ever think about again.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds