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getting on up

getting on up is the present participle and gerund 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 getting on up

What is getting on up the present participle and gerund of?
Getting on up is the present participle and gerund of get on up.

Words near getting on up in the dictionary

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

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