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Get down

verb

Lower (one's body) as by kneeling.

Move something or somebody to a lower position. Synonyms: bring down, let down, lower, take down.

Alight from (a horse). Synonyms: dismount, get off, light, unhorse.

Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking. Synonym: swallow.

Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted. Synonyms: cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit. "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"

Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.. Synonyms: put down, set down, write down.

Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action. Synonyms: begin, commence, get, set about, set out, start, start out. "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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"Get down" Quotes from Famous Books

... exclaimed Nick, with another glance at the clock. "Our half hour is up. You now have my measure of the case, and next we will get down to business. We will drop this fishy-looking robbery for the present, Chick, and first of all make a move to learn something about Senora Cervera, and her ...

— With Links of Steel • Nicholas Carter

... penalty more easy; but what was the surprise and horror of Thorius, when his turn came, to find that he was called upon to drink a bumper, not of wine, but of water!—which insipid and unaccustomed beverage, after sundry efforts and awry faces, he contrived to get down, amidst peals of laughter from ...

— The American Quarterly Review, No. 17, March 1831 • Various

... for crossing the street had been that he had first caught sight of the driver standing on the sidewalk beside the cab. If he could get down close to the cab, and have that vehicle between himself and the driver, Dick hoped that he would have a chance to steal across the street ...

— The Grammar School Boys of Gridley - or, Dick & Co. Start Things Moving • H. Irving Hancock

... Fulkerson has allowed us to get. But the man that holds the purse holds the reins. He may let us guide the horse, but when he likes he can drive. If we don't like his driving, then we can get down." ...

— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells

... conservative estimate, the net profits for the first fiscal year amount to—five thousand, no, better be on the safe side—say, four thousand five hundred pounds ... But we'll arrange all that end of it when we get down there. Millie will look after that. She's the secretary of the concern. She's been writing letters to people asking for hens. So you see it's a thoroughly organised business. How many hen-letters did you write last week, ...

— Love Among the Chickens • P. G. Wodehouse

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