get it up

verb

To achieve or stimulate a penile erection.

“You had better get it up before the due date.”

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Meanings

verbget it up (third-person singular simple present gets it up, present participle getting it up, simple past got it up, past participle (UK) got it up or (US) gotten it up)

present singular third person gets it up · participle present getting it up · past got it up · UK participle past got it up · US participle past gotten it up

  1. potentialslangTo achieve or stimulate a penile erection.

    I love my boyfriend, but am left unsatisfied because he can't get it up.

    1 more example

    1988, Michael Weikath, "Rise and Fall", Helloween, Keeper of the Seven Keys: Part II. Romeo loved his Juliet / Their parents told them "Stop" / Then it all turned out peculiar / He couldn't get it up

  2. broadlyfigurativelypotentialslangTo be enthusiastic about something; to maintain enthusiasm for something.
  3. slangTo acquire enough money to pay off a debt.

    You had better get it up before the due date.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
perk up

Translations

German einen hochkriegen
  • einen hochkriegenachieve a penile erection
Cite this entry
APA

get it up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20it%20up

MLA

“get it up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20it%20up. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “get it up,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/get%20it%20up.

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