get down

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Recent Examples of get down But then the brown started to follow the brush-line cover to get down wind and figure out what the hunter was. Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025 All the while, the enchanted garden where Travis would get down on one knee was being assembled outside of his and Swift’s house. Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2025 Lastly, swap in the crevice tool for corners and other hard-to-reach areas, especially spots under furniture, that usually require bending over or getting down on your hands and knees. Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025 In one photo, Sanger, who is a co-founder of Tempted Dirty Shirley, got down on one knee on a cliffside overlooking the Mediterranean Sea, as Agrait beamed with joy. Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for get down
Recent Examples of Synonyms for get down
Verb
  • Its crumbling buildings swallowed by greenery are starkly beautiful and deeply eerie, even more so as the cooler seasons creep in and sea mists descend.
    Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • With sunflower sea stars suddenly all but gone from their home range, sea urchin numbers exploded, and the hungry urchin hordes descended upon kelp forests.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For most of the year, Salesforce shares have been weighed down by the notion that AI is a threat to the software-as-a-service business model.
    Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
  • For many readers, like me, TFP is a welcome alternative to the incurious group-think that weighed down The Gray Lady.
    Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • For example, if the couple sipped Moscow Mules on their first date, serve a First Date Mule at the wedding reception.
    Metro Creative Services, Boston Herald, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Within an hour’s drive, travelers can stroll along the emerald waters of Green Lakes State Park, stroll through the charming town of Skaneateles, New York, sip wine in the Finger Lakes region, and hit the slopes at Song Mountain Resort.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After having dismounted, the person crossed the street and moved into a wooded area.
    Rebecca Shabad, NBC news, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This enables wide distribution across the front lines, especially in areas where soldiers are primarily dismounted.
    Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But more important to the story than the autobiographical details, which in any case are swallowed up by the vortex of fiction, is the devastating loss of meaning that accompanies the death of a child.
    Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • That’s why, Manaker added, swallowing a spoonful of honey—on its own or stirred into warm water—before bed may lead to a more restful sleep.
    Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • After Tietjen was shot several times, candles were lit around his body.
    Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Together, their work lays the foundation for a future where clean mobility is powered by the very poles that light our streets.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 18 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • To have Jones trailing in a poll that looks relatively good for his ticket mates, though, should trouble his campaign.
    Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Though he was initially troubled to find his image being used on Sora 2, the implementation of new guardrails around consent seem to have assuaged his concerns.
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Kevin Federline claims that Britney Spears drank while pregnant and did cocaine while breastfeeding in new excerpts from the former dancer’s upcoming memoir, published in several news outlets.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Follow the flickering jack-o-lanterns to The Meadow for games, music and seasonal food and drink around the firepits.
    John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025

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