get down

verb

|Updated on: 9 Jun 2018

Examples: get down in a Sentence

Definition of get 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

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 of get down from the Web

Skyline features guys who know how to manufacture runs and not get down after bad losses, such as last week's 10-2 setback to O'Connor that dropped it into the elimination bracket.

— richard obert, azcentral, "Skyline reaches 6A baseball final four for first time in history," 8 May 2018
Launched in 2016 with the sprawling ambition to build large genomes, the synthetic biology initiative known as Genome Project–write (GP-write) is now, slowly, getting down to specifics.

— kelly servick, Science | AAAS, "Genome writing project aims to rally scientists around virus-proofing cells," 1 May 2018
Officers try to alert homeowners but don’t get down every street at night.

— lynn horsley, kansascity, "Leawood has had more than 70 car burglaries recently. Police offer this advice | The Kansas City Star," 3 Apr. 2018
Downs Gunn proposed on Christmas, getting down on one knee and presenting Jones with an engagement ring, the magazine reported.

— matthew diebel, USA TODAY, "Former Miss America Deidre Downs Gunn marries same-sex partner in Alabama wedding," 24 Apr. 2018
How could Doria and Thomas ever have imagined that the second son born to the royal couple would someday get down on one knee and propose to their daughter, not yet even born?

— leslie carroll, Vanities, "How Meghan Markle Was Destined for the Spotlight," 24 Apr. 2018
Downs Gunn proposed on Christmas, getting down on one knee and presenting Jones with an engagement ring, People reported.

— greg garrison, AL.com, "Former Miss America Deidre Downs marries girlfriend at Birmingham Museum of Art," 16 Apr. 2018
The artist showed her this picture: Taylor then got down on one knee and proposed; Amy accepted.

— mark peters, Chicago Reader, "Comic fans meet their heroes, impress the kids, and form lifelong bonds of geekdom at C2E2," 4 Apr. 2018
That's right -- with Becca waiting in the wings, Arie got down on one knee and Lauren tearily accepted.

— emily yahr, chicagotribune.com, "'The Bachelor' tries to do damage control after disastrous finale, but only makes things worse," 7 Mar. 2018

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