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gets on up

gets on up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get on up.

Meaning of get on up

Verb

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)

  1. (colloquial) Get up.
    • “Get on up yonder and get a ticket, if you want to ride.”1925, William Faulkner, “Sunset”, reprinted in New Orleans Sketches, University Press of Mississippi (2002), →ISBN, page 77
  2. (colloquial) To dance with abandon
    • 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:
    get down

Questions about gets on up

What is gets on up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets on up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get on up.

Words near gets on up in the dictionary

  1. gets on someone's wick
  2. gets on someone's wrong side
  3. gets on the end of
  4. gets on the stick
  5. gets on to
  6. gets on up
  7. gets on with
  8. gets one over on
  9. gets one up on
  10. gets one's
  11. gets one's a into g

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