get up
(GROW STRONG) UK — phrasal verb with get /ɡet/ verb (present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US gotten)Definition
› If the wind gets up, it starts to grow stronger: The wind is getting up.Wind and windsStormy weather
(Definition of get up (GROW STRONG) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- airstream noun
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- blustery adjective
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