get down

Verb

get down (third-person singular simple present gets down, present participle getting down, simple past got down, past participle (UK) got down or (US) gotten down)

1. (intransitive, transitive) To bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down.
   • The kitten climbed the tree, but then couldn't get down again.
   • Don't worry, I got the kitten down.
2. (transitive) To swallow (something).
   • The pill was so large that he couldn't get it down.

   Synonyms:

   ingest, ingurgitate

3. (informal, intransitive) To duck or take cover, usually to avoid harm. Commonly used as a caution or warning in the imperative.
   • With bullets flying, all I could do was get down and pray.
4. (intransitive) To concentrate; attend.
   • To get down to the matter at hand.
5. (transitive) To depress; discourage; fatigue.
   • Nothing gets me down so much as a rainy day.
   • Everything gets me down until I figure out I have to shove it off again because it's important to be able to be depressed - to feel - but it's not what I'm alive for - feeling as bad as I usually do.1999, Jennifer Robin, Bouzi, page 51

   Synonyms:

   despirit, aggrieve, attrist, begloom, begrieve, besorrow, grieve, pain, bring down, come down on

6. (idiomatic, informal, intransitive) To relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment.
   • Getting down with a bunch of old friends.
   • It's Friday, Friday / Gotta get down on Friday / Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend, weekend2011, “Friday”, performed by Rebecca Black ft. Patrice Wilson
7. (informal, intransitive) To dance, particularly without inhibition or restraint, or in a sexually suggestive manner.

   Synonyms:

   boogie down

8. (informal, intransitive) To party.

   Synonyms:

   celebrate

9. (informal, intransitive, slang) To have sex.
   • She's always willing to get down with him.
   • And women will not care if Dick finally got down with Jane on Search for Tomorrow1971, Gil Scott-Heron, “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”

   Synonyms:

   get it on, make love, approach, cohabit, common, company, copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh

10. (UK, informal, intransitive) To leave the table after dining.
    • Mummy, can I get down please?
11. (transitive) To record, most often in writing.
    • Quick, here's a pen, get this down will you, before I forget.
    • They got the whole song down in an hour.

    Synonyms:

    take down

12. (transitive) To criticise; to be strict towards.
    • Ann is always getting down on these students.

    Synonyms:

    castigate, scold, admonish, animadvert, bash, bawl out, tilt, cannonade, slash, lash