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

The Patriots got down inside their red zone, but went backwards on a 3-yard loss by TreVeyon Henderson and again on a 1-yard sack when Maye ran out of bounds. —Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 22 Dec. 2025

The star athlete got down on one knee in an idyllic, floral garden. —Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 20 Dec. 2025

There was the Cock and nights like Squeeze-Box at Don Hill’s, but Meow Mix was where the girls got down and dirty — in the basement, at someone’s walk-up nearby, or in the bathroom on top of the sink. —The Editors, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025

Overnight, temperatures in the region will get down as low as -20, the National Weather Service predicted. —Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 13 Dec. 2025

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