get up to meaning

get up to sth BrE to do something, especially something slightly bad or that people do not approve of:
▪ God knows what they get up to while their parents are away.
▪ As children, we all got up to tricks like pinching a few apples or knocking on someone's door and running away.

• get it up:     (slang) &nbs ...
• get up:    1. get up to wake ...
• get-up:    n. [c](informal) a ...

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1. what on earth will he get up to next?
2. how many times a night does he have to get up to pass his water?
3. i could not get up to him.
4. he had a hard time squeezing through the crowd to get up to the platform.
5. she gets up to change the channel 19 times a night