rise up

VERB
  1. come to the surface
  2. take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
  3. stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
    The horse reared in terror
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How To Use rise up In A Sentence

  • Lets hope her constituents rise up in the next election and oust this unqualified and opportunitistic showboater who only won by running against an unpopular and dying incumbent. Archive 2009-08-01
  • He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas. 
  • Even when talking in the most restrained of voices, Hugo's lilt would still rise up above all others.
  • One after another the _antichi spiriti dolenti_ rise up and salute the new edifice: Nimrod and the Assyrians, Anglo-Saxon ealdormen and Norman knights templars, and citizens of ancient Bristol. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
  • And you can't rise up every time someone does something stupid and pass a law for the masses to stop the stupidity.
  • American adventurism is primarily responsible for creating most of the terrorist organizations in the world, who rise up in opposition to US hegemony. Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Before We Argue – Lets See If We Are Living In The Same Universe
  • Sometimes we have competitors who disappear, but quickly there are new competitors who rise up in their place.
  • Once he is there, Eugene will announce himself to be a fraud, Napoleon will declare himself, and the people will rise up for their emperor.
  • He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas. 
  • I've had this script spoken "to" me -- and I found that I didn't rise up in defensiveness because it didn't attack me in any way. Tearing Down
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