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get down

 
Verb get down has 7 senses
  1. get down - lower (one's body) as by kneeling; "Get down on your knees!"
    --1 is one way to
    move
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down - move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
    --2 is one way to move, displace
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  3. unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down - get off (a horse)
    --3 is one way to descend, fall, go down, come down
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  4. swallow, get down - pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
    --4 is one way to consume, ingest, take in, take, have
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. 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"
    --5 is one way to discourage
    Sample sentence:
    The performance is likely to get down Sue
  6. write down, set down, get down, put down - put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
    --6 is one way to write
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  7. 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"
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
    Somebody ----s VERB-ing
get better get bigger get bitter get breaking get burnt get by get carried away get cracking get down get dressed get even get far get fucked get go get going get high get hitched with

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