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get up

English translation: go on stage

10:03 Oct 24, 2019
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
English term or phrase: get up
Hello:

"This is the kind of girl who would get up at the second grade talent show and knock everybody out with her version of tomorrow."

Please, can someone explain me the meaning of this phrase?

Thank you.
marijas
Selected answer:go on stage
Explanation:
(or simply stand up if there is no stage)

and perform

"tomorrow" is a song so presumably she sings this

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Note added at 17 mins (2019-10-24 10:21:30 GMT)
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knock everyone out= really impress people with her performance (as she's so good)
Selected response from:

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 10:12
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +6go on stage
Yvonne Gallagher
3stand up
AJ Ablooglu
5 -4stand out (from the crowd)
Tsvetana Malinova-Taylor


  

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
go on stage


Explanation:
(or simply stand up if there is no stage)

and perform

"tomorrow" is a song so presumably she sings this

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Note added at 17 mins (2019-10-24 10:21:30 GMT)
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knock everyone out= really impress people with her performance (as she's so good)

Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 10:12
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 84

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sheri P
9 mins
  -> Thanks:-)
agree  Mark Nathan
17 mins
  -> Thanks:-)
agree  Tony M: From the use of this term, I get a feeling it is suggesting "almost impromptu, without making any fuss about it beforehand" etc. — almost as if it were "just get up..."
23 mins
  -> yes, why I said it could just be "stand up" if there's no stage. tho' it does say it's a "talent show" so presumably some sort of stage has been rigged up.
agree  Darius Saczuk
58 mins
  -> Thanks:-)
agree  Charlotte Fleming
1 hr
  -> Thanks:-)
agree  writeaway
1 hr
  -> Thanks:-)
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20 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
stand up


Explanation:
I think in this instance get up denotes that she was sitting down, now move, get up, or perhaps emerge and she would come into view, as from concealment or obscurity.

Perhaps rise up or emerge could be used too.


    Reference: http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/84737/whats-the-d...
AJ Ablooglu
Türkiye
Local time: 05:12
Native speaker of: Native in TurkishTurkish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Yvonne Gallagher: stand up is OK (as I said) but your explanation and alternatives are wrong and not the meaning at all
1 hr
  -> OK thanks
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45 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -4
stand out (from the crowd)


Explanation:
somebody who will stand out of the crowd, confident, self -opinionated

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Note added at 48 mins (2019-10-24 10:51:50 GMT)
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showing off

Example sentence(s):
  • She'll be not scared to stand up and stand out
Tsvetana Malinova-Taylor
United Kingdom
Local time: 10:12
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: That's not what the source term means, as used here.
22 mins
  -> my mistake, thanks
disagree  Yvonne Gallagher: not what it means
39 mins
disagree  writeaway: 100% confidence and a 100% incorrect answer? Potentially misleading for the asker.
49 mins
  -> I didn't want to mislead anybody ,and I am sorry .I am new here and still finding my way around ,thanks for the comment.
disagree  Susan Welsh: see above comments
1 hr
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