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get up with the chickens

get up with the chickens verb: to wake up early.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) to wake up early

Forms of get up with the chickens

third-person singular presentgets up with the chickens
present participlegetting up with the chickens
pastgot up with the chickens
past participle UKgot up with the chickens
past participle USgotten up with the chickens

Questions about get up with the chickens

What does get up with the chickens mean?
Get up with the chickens means to wake up early.
What part of speech is get up with the chickens?
Get up with the chickens is a verb.
What is the past tense of get up with the chickens?
The past tense of get up with the chickens is got up with the chickens.

Words near get up with the chickens in the dictionary

  1. get up on the wrong side of bed
  2. get up on the wrong side of the bed
  3. get up someone's nose
  4. get up the yard
  5. get up to
  6. get up with the chickens
  7. get used
  8. get wasted
  9. get well
  10. get well soon
  11. get wet

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