rise up

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to begin a rebellion against people in authority

   Phrasal verb · Intransitive

   rise up

   Usage: Here the subject rebels against authority; against can name that authority.

   The villagers threatened to rise up after soldiers seized their winter food supplies.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   The villagers threatened to rise up after soldiers seized their winter food supplies.

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