Get up
Get up verb - To leave one's bed.
Usage example: you need to get right up when the alarm goes off in the morning
Lie down
Lie down verb - Assume a reclining position.
Both terms in one sentence
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One of them was "If elected, I will not lie down on the job." He then fell down and didn't get up.
Source: All Part of the Show - Effinger's When Gravity Fails, eight people lie down at a Virtual Reality couch, and only seven get up.
Source: Your Mind Makes It Real - In one case, eight people lie down on the Virtual Reality couches, and only seven get up; one of the visitors figured a way to kill one of the others by causing their "soul" not to go back into the body, but to stay and effectively be purged when the machine was shut down.
Source: Inside a Computer System
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Lie down and Get up. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/get_up/lie_down
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