GET DOWN Synonyms: 113 Similar and Opposite Words

get down

verb

Definition of get down

as in to descend

to come down from something (as a vehicle) I was getting down from the seaplane when a gust of wind swept away my hat

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as in to weigh down

to make sad it's really getting him down that there does not seem to be one woman who will date him

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as in to sip

to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat with her sore throat, liquids are the only thing she can get down

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Recent Examples of get down The House tried to restart its debate and immediately suspended again, warning congresspeople to get down under their chairs. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 The bystander told the woman to get down on the floor before crawling into the home beneath the heaviest heat and dragging her to safety, according to the fire department. — Richard Ramos, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026 Researchers used a sitting-rising test to investigate whether the ability to get down to the floor and back up was associated with the risk of dying from natural or cardiovascular causes. — Dana Santas, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026 Green, who won NBA Defensive Player of the Year in 2017, is being asked to get down the floor faster and not trail the play. — Jessica Golden,alex Sherman, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get down

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get down

Verb

Some 100,000 people descended on the neighborhood, causing human traffic jams in the narrow streets.

— Lilit Marcus, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2026
To keep released fish alive, Florida Sea Grant’s Return ’Em Right program urges anglers to use descending devices, which return fish quickly to depth, and offers free devices to those who complete an online course.

— Tovar Cerulli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of descend

Verb

The most important metric is free cash flow, including the third-quarter figure (consensus is $330 million, weighed down by a $700 million payment to the Justice Department).

— Kevin Stankiewicz,Zev Fima, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2026
Revenue fell from a year earlier, weighed down by some weakness in its core automotive business.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of weigh down

Verb

Buck has long since dismounted from his high horse, but people who live in glass houses that are also occupied by Mike Darnell should probably be a bit more judicious when hucking rocks.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Governing bodies in neighboring San Ramon, San Anselmo in Marin County, and Burlingame in San Mateo County have adopted similar policies requiring people to dismount e-bikes when traveling through public parks.

— Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of dismount

Verb

All of them are troubled by increasing animosity from their many political adversaries, especially because the series’ big bad, an immortal named Koschei the Deathless, seems to be stirring in mysterious ways.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 28 Oct. 2026
May singled out a handful of those wells that especially troubled her team, and oil division deputy director Mike McGinnis suggested that Citation permanently plug them.

— Nick Bowlin, ProPublica, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of trouble

Verb

There is no answer to be found in this story, no magic pill, pleasingly round, to be halved or crushed, then swallowed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026
Even more so in Bates’ home of Aroostook County, which swallows some 6,700 square miles way up near the Canadian border.

— Rachel Siegel, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of swallow

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If there were more imports, cattle prices would be depressed, but the modest uptick has not had an overwhelming impact on the industry.

— Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Jim Crow segregation, discrimination and systemic racism further depressed the Black population’s ability to build wealth that is still largely concentrated among white families.

— Fatima Hussein, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026