Verb get down has 7 senses
  1. get down - lower (one's body) as by kneeling; "Get down on your knees!"
    --1 is one way to
    move
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Something is ----ing PP
    Somebody ----s PP
  2. lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down - move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
    --2 is one way to move, displace
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody
    Somebody ----s somebody PP
    Somebody ----s something PP
  3. unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down - get off (a horse)
    --3 is one way to descend, fall, go down, come down
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s
  4. swallow, get down - pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
    --4 is one way to consume, ingest, take in, take, have
    Sample sentence:
    Somebody ----s something
  5. depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
    --5 is one way to discourage
    Sample sentence:
    The performance is likely to get down Sue
  6. write down, set down, get down, put down - put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
    --6 is one way to write
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
  7. get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence - 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"
    Sample sentences:
    Something ----s
    Somebody ----s
    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
    Somebody ----s VERB-ing
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