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getting down (to)

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present participle of get down (to)

Synonyms & Antonyms of getting down (to)

as in getting around (to), getting round (to)

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for getting down (to)

getting around (to),
getting round (to)

establishing,
fathering,
founding,
instituting,
organizing,
pioneering,
setting up,
spawning

adopting,
embracing,
taking on,
taking up

creating,
generating,
inaugurating,
initiating,
innovating,
inventing,
originating

beginning,
commencing,
embarking (on or upon),
entering (into or upon),
falling (to),
getting off,
kicking off,
launching,
leading off,
opening,
starting,
striking (into)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for getting down (to)

concluding,
ending,
finishing,
terminating

ceasing,
desisting,
discontinuing,
halting,
knocking off,
laying off,
quitting,
stopping

closing,
completing

abandoning,
forsaking,
leaving

abolishing,
demolishing,
destroying,
exterminating,
extinguishing,
phasing out

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