"get up to" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets up to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting up to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got up to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got up to",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten up to",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> up to",
        "head": "get up to"
      },
      "expansion": "get up to (third-person singular simple present gets up to, present participle getting up to, simple past got up to, past participle (UK) got up to or (US) gotten up to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Recently he's been getting up to all sorts of mischief.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I haven't seen you for a while. What have you been getting up to?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 March 9, Elizabeth Day, quoting Mary-Kay Wilmers, “Is the LRB the best magazine in the world?”, in The Observer",
          "text": "The windows on one side of the large open-plan room overlook the nurses' accommodation for the nearby University College Hospital[…] The LRB's editor, Mary-Kay Wilmers, likes this view. She enjoys \"seeing what the nurses get up to\".",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To do something, especially something that is forbidden or improper."
      ],
      "id": "en-get_up_to-en-verb-nRVOaNhV",
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "be up to"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "cométrer"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "幹"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gàn",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "干"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "zuò",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "做"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gǎochū",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "搞出"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "nòngchū",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "弄出"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "ryhtyä"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "touhuta"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "commettre"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "cometer"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "begehen"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "commettere"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "kombinować"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vytvorjátʹ",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "вытворя́ть"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výtvoritʹ",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "вы́творить"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
          "word": "cometer"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get up to"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets up to",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting up to",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got up to",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got up to",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten up to",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,got􂀿UK􂁀:gotten􂀿US􂁀> up to",
        "head": "get up to"
      },
      "expansion": "get up to (third-person singular simple present gets up to, present participle getting up to, simple past got up to, past participle (UK) got up to or (US) gotten up to)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "be up to"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (to)",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (up)",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Recently he's been getting up to all sorts of mischief.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I haven't seen you for a while. What have you been getting up to?",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014 March 9, Elizabeth Day, quoting Mary-Kay Wilmers, “Is the LRB the best magazine in the world?”, in The Observer",
          "text": "The windows on one side of the large open-plan room overlook the nurses' accommodation for the nearby University College Hospital[…] The LRB's editor, Mary-Kay Wilmers, likes this view. She enjoys \"seeing what the nurses get up to\".",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To do something, especially something that is forbidden or improper."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "cométrer"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "幹"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gàn",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "干"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuò",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "做"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǎochū",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "搞出"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nòngchū",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "弄出"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "ryhtyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "touhuta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "commettre"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "cometer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "begehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "commettere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "kombinować"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vytvorjátʹ",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "вытворя́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výtvoritʹ",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "вы́творить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to do something, especially something that you should not do",
      "word": "cometer"
    }
  ],
  "word": "get up to"
}