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get down to

get down to verb: to start focusing on doing something serious.

Verb

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

  1. To start focusing on doing something serious

Forms of get down to

third-person singular presentgets down to
present participlegetting down to
pastgot down to
past participlegot down to
past participlegotten down to

Questions about get down to

What does get down to mean?
Get down to means to start focusing on doing something serious.
What part of speech is get down to?
Get down to is a verb.
What is the past tense of get down to?
The past tense of get down to is got down to.

Words near get down to in the dictionary

  1. get changed
  2. get cold feet
  3. get cracking
  4. get down
  5. get down on
  6. get down to
  7. get down to bedrock
  8. get down to brass nails
  9. get down to brass tacks
  10. get down to business
  11. get down to cases

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