to get down
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1.6
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɛt daʊn/
- The firefighter had to get down from the roof quickly to save the trapped child.
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Watch on YouTubeAnd these can serve as food for life beneath the surface if they can get down that far.
- And these can serve as food for life beneath the surface if they can get down that far.
- But when the gel fully gets down to the optic nerve here the gel is more firmly attached to the optic nerve.
- Now, if you feel like you're falling or that you feel like you need to get down onto the ground because you feel lightheaded, that's being lightheaded.
- Guy takes the ball, You get down there, right, you get, you get down there.
- And then for the dog, like you used to get down at a dining hall, get your food.
- We they can't get down the mountain, up another mountain to school and home for dinner.
- Then we get down further down the road and talk about what are those things doing here?
- And we get down there and there's this piles of money and and sacks, big, big black sacks.
Examples
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Maybe I can get down there next week.
Fiction book (1990) -
Can you get down here?
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You take all this off and then you would get down to the fan, remove that.
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We gotta get down the field here, kid.
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How did you get down here?
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Now, when you get down there, do something new.
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- We gotta get down the mountain.
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Let's get down the mountain.
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In the meantime, when are you going to get down to work like all the rest of us?
Fiction book (1995) -
Tell him we'll eat without him if he doesn't get down here pronto.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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1.0
To lower something from your hands onto a surface
408
1.0
Make something go down in position, amount, or strength
294
1.8
To move something from a high place to a lower place
267
3.3
Move something or someone from a higher to a lower place, for example land an aircraft
169
2.7
Move from a higher to a lower place
149
3.2
To bring something or someone down from a higher place
106
2.0
Make something move down by using force
95
1.7
To put something or someone down gently on a surface
90
1.8
To fall from a higher place to a lower place
71
1.8
To lower your body close to the ground by bending your knees and leaning forward
51
3.4
To bend your knees, lower your body, then stand up
48
1.4
Move down from a high place using hands and feet
38
2.0
Move something slowly from a higher to a lower position
17
2.6
To bend your body forward at the waist
12
4.2
To lower your body quickly by bending your knees to avoid being seen or hit
6
1.7
Put something on a table or chair so it rests
Antonyms
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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 move something from a higher to a lower position' comes from the everyday act of taking an object down from a shelf or roof, so it means 'to bring something down'.