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get down   (TTS Sound)

The verb get down has 7 senses

• get down -- (lower (one's body) as by kneeling; "Get down on your knees!")


• lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down -- (move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf")


• unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down -- (alight from (a horse))


• swallow, get down -- (pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!")


• 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")


• write down, set down, get down, put down -- (put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.)


• 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")