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got down (to)

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past tense of get down (to)

Synonyms & Antonyms of got down (to)

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

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for got down (to)

got around (to),
got round (to)

established,
fathered,
founded,
instituted,
organized,
pioneered,
set up,
spawned

adopted,
embraced,
took on,
took up

created,
generated,
inaugurated,
initiated,
innovated,
invented,
originated

began,
commenced,
embarked (on or upon),
entered (into or upon),
fell (to),
got off,
kicked off,
launched,
led off,
opened,
started,
struck (into)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for got down (to)

concluded,
ended,
finished,
terminated

ceased,
desisted,
discontinued,
halted,
knocked off,
laid off,
quit
(also quitted),
stopped

closed,
completed

abandoned,
forsook,
left

abolished,
demolished,
destroyed,
exterminated,
extinguished,
phased out

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“Got down (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20down%20%28to%29. Accessed 19 May. 2022.

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