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get-up

[get-uhp]
–noun
1. getup.
2. get-up-and-go.

get⋅up

[get-uhp]
–noun Informal.
1. costume; outfit: Everyone will stare at you if you wear that getup.
2. arrangement or format; style: the getup of a new cookbook.
Also, get-up.


Origin:
1825–35; n. use of v. phrase get up
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get·up   (gět'ŭp')   
n.  
  1. Informal An outfit or costume.

  2. Printing Arrangement and production style, as of a magazine or book.

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