Get Down (Verb)
Meaning 1
Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!".
Classification
Verbs of eating and drinking.
Examples
- It may be hard to get these large pills down, so ask your doctor for advice.
- The nurse told the child to relax and try to get the medicine down.
- You have to make yourself learn to get everything down in the right order on the diagram.
- As the doctor poured the red syrup down Joey's throat, she cried out, it was sweet but you've got to get it down to make your fever break.
- It's hard for babies to get solid food down their throats when they are not used to it.
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Meaning 2
Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her".
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Verbs of feeling.
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Meaning 3
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".
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Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
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Meaning 4
Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc..
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
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Meaning 5
Alight from (a horse).
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Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
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Meaning 6
Lower (one's body) as by kneeling; "Get down on your knees!".
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- Please get down and start searching for the lost ring under the couch.
- Get down from that ladder, you're going to fall and hurt yourself.
- You have to get down on one knee to propose to someone properly.
- The police officer yelled at the man to get down and put his hands up.
- The child was told to get down from the table and not climb on the furniture.