GETTING DOWN (TO) Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

getting down (to)

verb

present participle of get down (to)

as in getting around (to)

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setting up

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Before setting up shop at Taliesin in Wisconsin and later Taliesin West in Arizona, Wright was at work establishing himself and figuring out his distinctive architectural eye in Oak Park.

— River Davies, Architectural Digest, 9 July 2026
But setting up domestic production of the mobile, surface-to-air systems will take many months, said Serhii Beskrestnov, an advisor to Ukraine’s defense minister.

— Illia Novikov, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

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