get down English

Meaning get down meaning

What does get down mean?

get down

— verb lower (one's body) as by kneeling Get down on your knees!

— verb (= swallow) pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!

— verb (= lower, take down) move something or somebody to a lower position take down the vase from the shelf

— verb (= unhorse) alight from (a horse)

— verb (= begin, get, start) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action We began working at dawn Who will start? Get working as soon as the sun rises! The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia He began early in the day Let's get down to work now

— verb (= put down) put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc

— verb (= depress, demoralize, demoralise) lower someone's spirits; make downhearted These news depressed her The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her

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go down

descend

bring down

get off

come down

dismount

take down

start

alight

write down

set out

set about

lower

let down

fall

commence

begin

unhorse

take

swallow

start out

set down

send down

put down

light

get

depress

climb down

undertake

shoot down

set

go downhill

dispirit

dismay

demoralize

demoralise

deject

cut down

cast down

break into

bend down

be down

work out

wear down

wage

venture

trim down

travel westwards

touch down

tap

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Physical actions Posture

Bend down

• What words refer to bending down?
  bend bend down bend over bob bow cower crouch double up duck get down hunch hunker down lean over scrunch stoop