Getup

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Full definition of getup

Noun

1. (chiefly US, informal) A costume or outfit, especially one that is ostentatious or otherwise unusual.
• 1899, Joseph Conrad, ,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.
• 1917, "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.
• 2009, "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.
2. (informal) A fight or altercation.
• 2002, Andrea Sachs, "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."
3. (publishing) Layout and production style, as of a magazine.
4. Alternative form of get-up-and-go