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get up early

get up early verb: to be dedicated and well-prepared in pursuing a goal.

Verb

get up early (third-person singular simple present gets up early, present participle getting up early, simple past got up early, past participle (UK) got up early or (US) gotten up early)

  1. To be dedicated and well-prepared in pursuing a goal.
    • you have to get up early if you want to [X]
    • you need to get up pretty early in the morning if you want to [X]
    Synonyms:
    pack a lunch
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get up, early.
    • Next Tuesday we'll have to get up early, because the site visit starts at dawn.

Examples of get up early in a sentence

  • Brother Joseph Ruziska, our expert clothing salesman, says you have got to get up early in the morning to show him anything about selling clothes.1914, The American Flint, volume 6, page 35:
  • You have to get up early to beat our features.1984, Newsweek:

Synonyms of get up early

Antonyms

Forms of get up early

third-person singular presentgets up early
present participlegetting up early
pastgot up early
past participle UKgot up early
past participle USgotten up early

Origin of get up early

From the idea that a large and difficult task requires substantial preparation and effort.

Questions about get up early

What does get up early mean?
Get up early means to be dedicated and well-prepared in pursuing a goal.
How do you use get up early in a sentence?
Brother Joseph Ruziska, our expert clothing salesman, says you have got to get up early in the morning to show him anything about selling clothes.
What part of speech is get up early?
Get up early is a verb.
What is the past tense of get up early?
The past tense of get up early is got up early.

Words near get up early in the dictionary

  1. get under it
  2. get under someone's goat
  3. get under someone's skin
  4. get underneath someone's skin
  5. get up
  6. get up early
  7. get up in
  8. get up in someone's face
  9. get up in someone's grill
  10. get up into
  11. get up off

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