A suitable synonym for 'getting up' from the table.

[learning54]

Hi teachers,
'Getting out of bed' is a good synonym for 'getting up'.
How about 'getting up' from the table, which one could be a suitable synonym for it?

Thanks in advance.

[Barb_D]

Finish eating, if you mean a dining table and not a table for a business meeting, etc.

[learning54]

Finish eating, if you mean a dining table and not a table for a business meeting, etc.

Hi,
Thank you for your help. Yes, I mean a dining table. What if he is getting up from the table just because the phone is ringing? This one wouldn't work. Could you tell one that fits in that situation? Could 'moving up' be a suitable one?

[Rover_KE]

'. . .leaving the table' fits any situation.

[learning54]

'. . .leaving the table' fits any situation.

Hi Rover,
Thank you for your help. Would 'leaving' the bed fit with 'getting up' from bed.

L.

[Barb_D]

No, don't say "leaving the bed."

It's time for me to get up.
I had to get up to feed the cats but I went back to bed.
I had to get up twice to answer the phone this morning before I was ready to be up for the day.

[CarloSsS]

No, don't say "leaving the bed."

What about in situation when a person is confined to bed by illness for a long time. Then after a long time when they finally get well, I imagine they could say something like:

"Now I can finally leave the bed."

Would that be all right to say (in AmE)?

[Barb_D]

Yes, I suppose, but it doesn't seem to relate to or fit the context of the original poster's question.

[learning54]

'. . .leaving the table' fits any situation.

Hi Rover,
'He is getting up from the table' means the same as 'He is leaving the table.' Is that so?

[Barb_D]

Yes