get sth up
— phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)Definition
› UK to organize a group of people to do something: He's getting up a small group to go carol-singing for charity.Managing and organizing
(Definition of get sth up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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get sth out of sth phrasal verb
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get sth out of the way idiom
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get sth out of your system idiom
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get sth over with phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- administer verb (MANAGE)
- administration noun (MANAGING)
- bureaucracy noun
- bureaucratic adjective
- campaign verb
- conduct verb (ORGANIZE)
- have/get your shit together idiom
- in hand idiom
- kaizen noun
- manage verb (CONTROL)
- management noun
- misconduct verb
- organization noun (ARRANGEMENT)
- reorganize verb
- restructure verb
- run the show idiom
- running noun (OPERATION)
- shakedown adjective
- stage verb
- stage-manage verb
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