to get down
10
4.4
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɛt daʊn/
:
tragar
- Simon was not hungry, despite not eating all day, but tried to get down a sandwich.
I couldn't even get a bottle down, you know, so vile.
- I couldn't even get a bottle down, you know, so vile.
- I mean, I can get some shots down, but like this kind, no ma'am.
Examples
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Barney opened the beers and quickly got down two before his friends arrived.
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I felt pretty sure that it was just Coca-Cola mixed with good old sodium chloride, but then, after I got it down, I realized there must have been something else mixed into it—something that burned.
Fiction book (1999) -
But once you get it down, it's worth it.
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Just one more chance to show you I can get this thing down.
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I might be able to get a cookie down.
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Barney opened the beers, got down two while Bent was still on his first.
Fiction book (1995) -
She retired to her bed, having lost the balance necessary to get down the stairs.
Fiction book (2000) -
I'd seen the sea only twice before, in California, at Malibu and Laguna Beach, and I suddenly wanted to get down to this sea and walk along this beach.
Fiction book (1999) -
The ache in my throat made it hard to get down the medicine.
Synonyms
295
1.0
To make food or drink move from the mouth into the stomach
22
5.4
Eat or drink something quickly and completely
15
4.4
To swallow food with a drink or ease a bad feeling by drinking
14
6.0
Put something down hard so it makes a loud noise or quickly drink something
12
3.0
To be swallowed when you eat or drink
9
7.7
To drink or eat something very quickly, often without pausing
7
5.8
Eat food very quickly when you are very hungry
6
3.1
To eat or drink something quickly without stopping
1
3.2
To empty a glass quickly in one long gulp
To eat or drink very quickly, often without chewing
Antonyms
How Difficult
Surface Forms
Morphology
get + down
The literal meanings of 'get' (move/obtain) and 'down' (lower) give a loose metaphorical image of moving into a lower or focused position, but the specific sense 'to begin doing something seriously' (as in 'get down to business') is an extended, conventionalized meaning that is not directly predictable from the parts. This phrase follows a phrasal-verb pattern where the particle adds a metaphorical/figurative nuance, so a B1 learner who knows the words may not reliably infer the intended sense without prior exposure.
Etymology
Get down meaning 'to manage to swallow or consume' comes from the literal idea of making food or drink go down your throat into your stomach, so to 'get it down' is to manage to eat or drink it.