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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • interjection Used to command a horse to go ahead or go at a faster pace.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • interjection directed at a horse Move on!, go faster! (Derived from 'Get Ye Up' or 'Git Thee Up')

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Alteration of get up.]

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