get on up

get on up

English

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.
   • 1925, William Faulkner, “Sunset”, reprinted in New Orleans Sketches, University Press of Mississippi (2002), →ISBN, page 77,

     “Get on up yonder and get a ticket, if you want to ride.”

   • 1943, Ernie Pyle, Here is Your War, page 167:

     All morning I tried to get on up where the tanks were [...].

2. (colloquial) To dance with abandon
   • 1967, The Esquires, Get On Up (song)

     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)

Synonyms

• (dance with abandon): get down