1
as in dismounted
to come down from something (as a vehicle)
I was getting down from the seaplane when a gust of wind swept away my hat
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2
as in weighed down
to make sad
it's really getting him down that there does not seem to be one woman who will date him
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as in sipped
to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat
with her sore throat, liquids are the only thing she can get down
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Recent Examples of got down
Mabel got down to 31 pounds near the end.
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Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
His sister told him their home got down to 47 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2026
Binnington got down low, and when Nečas went to his backhand, Binnington went hard to his right and made a clean save with his right pad, calmly covering the puck with his left hand and stopping play.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
But the recent stretch of consecutive days of frigid temperatures that hardly cracked the 20s and got down to negative degrees was longer than Klossner, 54, is used to.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
After almost two years of dating, Swizz Beatz got down on one knee with a seven-carat yellow diamond, decorated with smaller diamonds around the center and along the band.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
Vrabel even got down into a three-point stance to work with defensive tackle Cory Durden on pass rush technique.
—Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
The couple shared a photo of the moment Dal got down on one knee in Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, to ask Segal, 30, to marry him.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
For the first, Lee got down on their knees to play electric guitar flat on a stool, like a steel guitar without any of the delicateness.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Mar. 2026
His sister told him their home got down to 47 degrees Fahrenheit.
—Gillian Stawiszynski, Cincinnati Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2026
Binnington got down low, and when Nečas went to his backhand, Binnington went hard to his right and made a clean save with his right pad, calmly covering the puck with his left hand and stopping play.
—Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2026
But the recent stretch of consecutive days of frigid temperatures that hardly cracked the 20s and got down to negative degrees was longer than Klossner, 54, is used to.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 15 Feb. 2026
After almost two years of dating, Swizz Beatz got down on one knee with a seven-carat yellow diamond, decorated with smaller diamonds around the center and along the band.
—Christina Perrier, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
Vrabel even got down into a three-point stance to work with defensive tackle Cory Durden on pass rush technique.
—Boston Herald Staff, Boston Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
The couple shared a photo of the moment Dal got down on one knee in Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, to ask Segal, 30, to marry him.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 19 Jan. 2026
For the first, Lee got down on their knees to play electric guitar flat on a stool, like a steel guitar without any of the delicateness.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got down
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Stopping, the man dismounted and shot that big bear square in the chest.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
4 Feb. 2026
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This enables wide distribution across the front lines, especially in areas where soldiers are primarily dismounted.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The surge in oil prices has fanned inflationary fears around the world, leading traders to trim bets on Federal Reserve interest-rate cuts that had weighed down on the US currency.—
Ruth Carson,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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Still, China’s broader growth trajectory has flattened, weighed down by a prolonged property crisis, declined investment, tepid consumption and deflation.—
John Liu,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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But when the woman went to the bathroom, Valentin removed a small sandwich bag from his pocket and poured a powdered substance into his date’s drink, mixed it around, and either sipped or blew on it, according to court records describing the surveillance footage.—
Vivian Salama,
The Atlantic,
9 Mar. 2026
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Elsewhere, Song Sung Blue best actress nominee Kate Hudson sipped an espresso martini while reuniting with her castmates on Running Point, the Netflix comedy about a fictional LA basketball team, which returns for a second season next month.—
Savannah Walsh,
Vanity Fair,
2 Mar. 2026
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The biggest names in tech descended on San Francisco last week for Morgan Stanley’s annual TMT Conference, armed with record earnings, soaring stock prices, and an AI arms race minting new fortunes at historic speed.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
12 Mar. 2026
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Last December, a large coterie of Silicon Valley billionaires descended upon Miami to attend Art Basel, the ritzy, contemporary art fair that marks the end of the moneyed set’s yearly social calendar.—
Stacy Perman,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The machine worked by reading music that was encoded by holes punched into rolls of paper, which in turn directed airflows to levers that depressed piano keys.—
Adam Ozimek,
The Atlantic,
11 Mar. 2026
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Democrats who still believe in the New Deal-era promise of government helping the public are a bit depressed by the idea that the solution to their party’s problems is generating less money for that purpose.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Like fire swallowed setting everything alight inside.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Phillipsburg declared a state of emergency last month when a sinkhole swallowed a dump truck.—
Nick Caloway,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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Balat allegedly then ran away and retrieved a second device from 19-year-old Ibrahim Nikk, lit the device and started running with it before dropping eventually dropping the device, Tisch said.—
Andrew Ramos,
CBS News,
7 Mar. 2026
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This delay meant that, as guests waited for the ceremony to begin, the sun had set and candles had to be lit inside the church.—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2026
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Each of the founders has been troubled with different sets of problems with their respective skin care expectations.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
10 Mar. 2026
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Esdaile said he was troubled by the two incidents that involved a mental health crisis.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
9 Mar. 2026
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