Takeup vs Getup - What's the difference?
takeup | getup |
(chiefly, US, informal) A costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual.
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(informal) A fight or altercation.
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(publishing) Layout and production style, as of a magazine.
As nouns the difference between takeup and getup
is that takeup is while getup is (chiefly|us|informal) a costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual.getup
English
Alternative forms
* get up * get-upNoun
(en noun)- When near the buildings I met a white man, in such an unexpected elegance of get–up that in the first moment I took him for a sort of vision.
1,200 Reading Firemen March," Reading Eagle (Pennsylvania, USA), 28 Oct. p. 4:
- The Schnitzelbank Band, each member attired in an odd getup , received many comments for the manner in which the men marched.
Worried They Will Miss the War: Inside the Mind of West Point's Class of 2009," Newsweek , 6 June:
- [A] parade of costumed cadets trots by: a shark costume, an Uncle Sam getup and three young men in form-fitting bodysuits.
Caricature Builder," Time , 21 Jan.:
- "A bully. Picked on fellows. He loved to fight. But I never saw him in a getup with a fellow his own size."