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get down

VERB
  1. take the first step or steps in carrying out an action
    We began working at dawn
    Let's get down to work now
    The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia
    He began early in the day
    Get working as soon as the sun rises!
    Who will start?
  2. move something or somebody to a lower position
    take down the vase from the shelf
  3. lower (one's body) as by kneeling
    Get down on your knees!
  4. put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
  5. lower someone's spirits; make downhearted
    The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her
    These news depressed her
  6. alight from (a horse)
  7. pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking
    Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!
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How To Use get down In A Sentence

  • If you're keeping it traditional and not using Halloween as a three day extended party, you can get down on the actual holiday with the Latin funk of Pimps of Joytime and Nayas at Rock and Roll Hotel. Nightlife agenda
  • His exceptional talent at putting acrylics and oils together on board and letting them ooze is a lesson on how to do this kind of thing and all those kids in ARI-land should get down to the Wynne and check it out.
  • The path, when we get down again into the tree-fern region, is inches deep in mud and water, and several places where we have a drop of five feet or so over lumps of rock are worse work going down than we found them going up, especially when we have to drop down on to amomum stems. Travels in West Africa
  • Do a little dance, make a little love and get down tonight. Times, Sunday Times
  • Stop larking about and get down to the problem.
  • Problem is that he has to get down with Karl Lagefeld though at least hes lost the lard-remember when he was a fat knacker?? Dlisted - Be Very Afraid
  • Get down on your knees!
  • Let's cut the crap and get down to business.
  • Please, get down off your horse, "sg", and realize that commenting on an observation does not amount to some kind of anti - [insert your personal view here] agenda. Blogger KING
  • Angola's ruling party was due to get down to brass tacks today with a debate on the party's record.
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