get down

verb

got down; got down or gotten down; getting down; gets down

transitive verb

1

: to manage to swallow

2

: to cause to be physically, mentally, or emotionally exhausted : depress

the weather was getting her down

3

: to commit to writing : describe

intransitive verb

1

: to alight especially from a vehicle : descend

2

: to give one's attention or consideration

—used with to

get down to business

3

a

: to perform music or dance effectively and infectiously

b

: to have a good time partying

Synonyms of get down

• descend
• dismount
• light

Examples of get down in a Sentence

I was getting down from the seaplane when a gust of wind swept away my hat.

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

Recent Examples on the Web

Officer Smith and Officer Perez with Faribault police were first on scene and found five residents had climbed out of a window and were trapped on the roof of the garage with no way of getting down, according to body camera video from Faribault police. —Chloe Rosen, CBS News, 21 Feb. 2026

There’s no tedious decor or tricky techniques to get down with banana bread either. —Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026

The couple shared the happy news Wednesday on Instagram with a video of Knight getting down on one knee to pop the question. —Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026

Binnington got down low, and when Nečas went to his backhand, Binnington went hard to his right and made a clean save with his right pad, calmly covering the puck with his left hand and stopping play. —Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1647, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Rhymes for get down

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• crosstown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown