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get up to

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Pronunciation: US /ˌɡɛt ˈʌp tə/ · UK /ˌɡet ˈʌp tə/

get up to means: To do something, often something secret, naughty, or wrong.

verb

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To do something, often something secret, naughty, or wrong.

  • What did you get up to yesterday?
  • The children got up to all sorts of tricks.
  • I hope he is not getting up to anything dangerous.

How to use it: get up to something (The children got up to mischief while we were cooking.); what someone gets up to (I wonder what they get up to after school.)

Similar words: do, engage in

Common phrases: get up to something, get up to mischief

Questions about get up to

What does get up to mean?

To do something, often something secret, naughty, or wrong.

What is get up to in other languages?

Türkçe: bir şeyler yapmak · Español: hacer · Français: faire · Deutsch: treiben · Italiano: combinare · 日本語: 何かをする

How do you pronounce get up to?

In American English /ˌɡɛt ˈʌp tə/; in British English /ˌɡet ˈʌp tə/.

How do you use get up to in a sentence?

What did you get up to yesterday? The children got up to all sorts of tricks.

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