| VERB | body | sit up, stay up | not go to bed |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | sit up | change to an upright sitting position |
| Meaning | not go to bed. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonym | stay up | |
| Caused by | keep up | prevent from going to bed at night |
| Broader | wake | Be awake, be alert, be there |
| Spanish | quedarse despierto, quedarse levantado, trasnochar, velar | |
| Catalan | vetllar | |
| Meaning | change to an upright sitting position. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Broader | change posture | Undergo a change in bodily posture |
| Nouns | sit-up | a stomach exercise in which a person sits up from a supine position without using the arms for leverage |
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