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rise up

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Verb1.rise up - come to the surface
ascend, go up - travel up, "We ascended the mountain"; "go up a ladder"; "The mountaineers slowly ascended the steep slope"
emerge - come up to the surface of or rise; "He felt new emotions emerge"
resurface - reappear on the surface
bubble up, intumesce - move upwards in bubbles, as from the effect of heating; also used metaphorically; "Gases bubbled up from the earth"; "Marx's ideas have bubbled up in many places in Latin America"
well, swell - come up, as of a liquid; "Tears well in her eyes"; "the currents well up"
2.rise up - take part in a rebellionrise up - take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
dissent, protest, resist - express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country"
revolt - make revolution; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again"
mutiny - engage in a mutiny against an authority
3.rise up - stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds; "The horse reared in terror"
rear back - rear backwards on its hind legs; "the frightened horse reared back"
straighten - get up from a sitting or slouching position; "The students straightened when the teacher entered"
Translations
? rise up
vi (person)aufstehen, sich erheben (geh); (mountain etc)sich erheben ? also rise VI g


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--and you rise up from table virtually governor of the glorious old State
But, suppose we should rise up tomorrow and emancipate, who would educate these millions, and teach them how to use their freedom?
And he is upon the whole of a fixed opinion that to give the sanction of his countenance to any complaints respecting it would be to encourage some person in the lower classes to rise up somewhere--like Wat Tyler.
 
 
 
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