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get down
verb
(intr; also preposition) to dismount or descend
(tr; also preposition) to bring down
we could not get the wardrobe down the stairs
(tr) to write down
(tr) to make depressed
your nagging gets me down
(tr) to swallow
he couldn't get the meal down
to attend seriously (to); concentrate (on) (esp in the phrases get down to business or brass tacks )
informal(intr) to enjoy oneself uninhibitedly, esp by dancing
Idioms and Phrases
Descend; bring down; also, swallow. For example, He's getting down from the ladder , or Can you get the cat down from the tree? or I can't seem to get this pill down . [Late 1500s]
get down to . Give one's attention to, as in Let's get down to work , or It's time we got down to business . [Late 1800s] For the most important variants, see under get down to brass tacks .
get down on . See down on .
get someone down . Discourage or depress someone. For example, Don't let Mary's troubles get you down , or Day after day of rain really gets me down . [c. 1930]
Describe in writing, as in Can you get down all he's saying?
Lose one's inhibitions, enjoy oneself fully. For example, At our reunion we got down with all our old friends . Slang
Example Sentences
Took us 17 hours to get down there.
Brown locked himself away out in the wilds of Maine, in a cabin with no Wi-Fi, and got down to it.
Hahn: She is just such a theater bird, rolling her sleeves up, getting down and dirty, putting her costumes back.
“Shots were banging off things, I told the children to get down.”
“My message to the group was we’ve got to be able to put 40 minutes together and not get down and then play with that urgency,” Roberts said.
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