get down

Verb

  • (v.) get down (lower (one's body) as by kneeling) "Get down on your knees"
  • (v.) lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down (move something or somebody to a lower position) "take down the vase from the shelf"
  • (v.) unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down (alight from (a horse))
  • (v.) swallow, get down (pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking) "Swallow the raw fish-it won't kill you"
  • (v.) depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise (lower someone's spirits; make downhearted) "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
  • (v.) write down, set down, get down, put down (put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.)
  • (v.) get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence (take the first step or steps in carrying out an action) "We began working at dawn"; "Who will start"; "Get working as soon as the sun rises"; "The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia"; "He began early in the day"; "Let's get down to work now"
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