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get-up
[See get v.]
1. Style of equipment or costume.
1847Ld. Canning in Ld. Malmesbury Mem. (1884) I. 200 He is just like Lord Combermere in face, figure, and get-up, but a little bigger. 1852Smedley L. Arundel ii. 26 Studying with the air of a connoisseur the ‘get-up’ of a spanking team of greys. 1856Lever Martins of Cro' M. 315 There was an ostentatious pretension in the ‘get-up’ of this gentle⁓man. 1889Mrs. Praed Rom. of Stat. 88 Dressed in a well-made tweed suit, that contrasted with the careless get-up of the bushmen round.
2. Style of production or finish, esp. of a book.
1865Sat. Rev. 28 Dec. 795 Very superior both in get-up and illustration to any of our S.P.C.K. books. 1867Art Jrnl. XXIX. 123/2 The general ‘get up’ of the picture is pleasing. 1884Bookseller 6 Nov. 1180/2 The get-up of the book is in every respect satisfactory and displays great taste of design and finish.
3. A meeting ‘got up’ or arranged. nonce-use.
1833Fraser's Mag. VIII. 30 We attended this hole and corner get up, and can therefore give a correct report of its proceedings.
4. Inclination to get up and be active; energy, enterprise, determination. Also get-up-and-get, get-up-and-go, etc. (cf. get v. 80 a). colloq. (orig. U.S.).
1841‘Dow, Jr.’ Short Patent Sermons 86 It flats right down, and stays there, like a junk of dough—no get up to it. 1863Ladies' Repository Aug. 477/1 In vain I tried to convince him that there was some ‘get-up’ in the animal. 1884G. W. Peck Peck's Boss Book 183 The adjutant..felt that his position demanded a horse that had some git-up-and-git. 1889Kansas Times & Star 2 Dec., It's not wealth, nor birth, nor state, But get-up-and-get, that makes cities great. 1907N. Munro Daft Days xvi. 142, I wish to goodness folk here had a little git-up-and-go to them! 1910W. M. Raine B. O'Connor 223 When it comes to the get-up-and-hustle, she's there. 1915Wodehouse Something Fresh x, He'll make a name for himself one of these days. He's got get-up in him. 1947J. Steinbeck Wayward Bus 123 It's a pleasure to talk with a man with some get-up and go. 1962Punch 11 Apr. 573/2 Tortoises are not easy to race because they are devoid of get-up-and-go. 1964Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 12 Jan. (1970) 42 Lyndon went to church... I am sorry I did not have the get-up-and-get to go with him. |