1.VerbTo be dedicated and well-prepared in pursuing a goal.
"you have to get up early if you want to [X]; you need to get up pretty early in the morning if you want to [X]; You have to get up pretty early in the morning if you want to outsmart or outwork Jane."
2.VerbUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get up, early.
"Next Tuesday we'll have to get up early, because the site visit starts at dawn."