get on up
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Sense 1
Meaning · English
Get up.
Register: colloquial
Where it’s used:
Used
American English
Examples
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.”
Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Sense 2
Meaning · English
To dance with abandon
Register: colloquial
Sources & notes
Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).
Common questions
What does “get on up” mean?
Get up.
Is “get on up” formal or informal?
get on up is generally colloquial.