get up tosomething
phrasal verbwithgetverbuk/ɡet/us/ɡet/present participlegetting|past tensegot|past participlegotorUSusuallygotten
UKC2
to do something, often something that otherpeoplewoulddisapproveof:
She's been getting up to allsortsofmischieflately.
Iwonderwhat those two got up toyesterday?
- What have you been getting up to?
- They got up to allsortsof things on thehennight.
- What did you get up to onyourholiday?
- She usually gets up to somesortoftroubleatschool.
- Tell me what you got up to at theweekend.
Bad and wrong behaviour
- act out
- angel
- ASB
- astray
- atyourworstidiom
- beup to no goodidiom
- go round
- impossible
- in flagrante
- incorrigible
- incorrigibly
- rakish
- rakishly
- rakishness
- rascally
- reprehensible
- villainy
- while the cat's away, the mice will playidiom
- worst
- wrongdoing