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Verb: rise up
  1. Come to the surface
    - surface, come up, rise
     
  2. Take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
    - rebel, arise, rise
     
  3. Stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
    "The horse rose up in terror";
    - rear

Derived forms: rising up, rose up, rises up, risen up

Type of: ascend, dissent, go up, protest, resist, straighten

Encyclopedia: Rise up, Ukraine in Kiev