get down

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verb (mainly adverb)

(intr; also preposition) to dismount or descend

(tr; also preposition) to bring downwe could not get the wardrobe down the stairs

(tr) to write down

(tr) to make depressedyour nagging gets me down

(tr) to swallowhe couldn't get the meal down

(intr foll by to) to attend seriously (to); concentrate (on) (esp in the phrases get down to business or brass tacks)

(intr) informal, mainly US to enjoy oneself uninhibitedly, esp by dancing

Words nearby get down

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Idioms and Phrases with get down

get down

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

单词	get down
释义	get down SEE SYNONYMS FOR get down ON THESAURUS.COM verb (mainly adverb) (intr; also preposition) to dismount or descend (tr; also preposition) to bring downwe could not get the wardrobe down the stairs (tr) to write down (tr) to make depressedyour nagging gets me down (tr) to swallowhe couldn't get the meal down (intr foll by to) to attend seriously (to); concentrate (on) (esp in the phrases get down to business or brass tacks) (intr) informal, mainly US to enjoy oneself uninhibitedly, esp by dancing Words nearby get down get better, get busy, get by, get cracking, get credit for, get down, get down to brass tacks, get-go, get going, get goose pimples, get gray hair from Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with get down get down 1 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] 2 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. 3 get down on. See down on. 4 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] 5 Describe in writing, as in Can you get down all he's saying? 6 Lose one's inhibitions, enjoy oneself fully. For example, At our reunion we got down with all our old friends. Slang The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to get down disembark, get off, alight, bring down, come down, descend, lower, step down, climb down
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get down

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