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got on up

got on up is the simple past and past participle 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 got on up

What is got on up the simple past and past participle of?
Got on up is the simple past and past participle of get on up.

Words near got on up in the dictionary

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

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