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Vocabulary

Get / rise to one's feet

Hello,(1 ) Here, does "to" mean one makes the order of standing up known to one's feet? Could any native speaker tell me correct or not? Thank you for your help.
  

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Here, does "to" mean one makes the order of standing up known to one's feet? -- No! How silly can you get, bepleased?!

  • Here, does "to" mean one makes the order of standing up known to one's feet?
  • -- No!
  • How silly can you get, bepleased?!
  • We do not communicate with our feet.
  • 'To' is a preposition of movement: 'one's feet' is the destination.
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Here, does "to" mean one makes the order of standing up known to one's feet? -- No! How silly can you get, bepleased?! We do not communicate with our feet. 'To' is a preposition of movement: 'one's feet' is the destination.
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But how the meaning is formed as your teling ---"to " shows the destination of the act of get / rise?In "I come to you " / "The Lord spoke to us." I can form a meaning with the "to" of the destination?()That I come reaching as far as you? () The Lord spoke something reaching as far as us. ( ) Please tell me how the meaning is formed with the "to".?
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Different meanings for 'to'. It points to a destination, as I already said, in your sentence.
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Hello MM,I find "rise to your feet" might be operated in the following ways.Here, "to" = on / upon .( ) The operation of it is to rise your body supported by a surface of your feet Acts 26:16( 1 ) Now get up and stand on your feet.( 2 ) Now get to your feet.( 3 ) But rise and stand upon your feet.( 4 ) But get up and stand on your feet.( 5 ) But rise, and stand upon t

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