get up
v.— «Got up with…To meet with rendevous.» —“On the day&hellip’1:V:1, Guide to MS-Delta Slang: Intro to Definitions” by RebelHata Jack of All Trades; Master of None (Greenville Miss.) Oct. 12, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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