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RELATED WORDS : all get out back down bargain down batten down bear down bear down on bear down upon beat down bed down belt down blow down bog down boil down bolt down bow down bowed down break down bring down broken down brush down buckle down bunk down burn down call down calm down camp down cascade down cast down choke down chop down clamp down clamp down on climb down close down come down come down on cool down count down crack down crack down on cut down dash down deep down die down doss down down down at the heel down easter down feather down in the mouth down pat down payment down quark down syndrome down the drain down the stairs down town down under drag down dress down dressing down drink down drop down duck down dwindle down ebb down face down fall down fight down flag down flap down flump down flush down freeze down garbage down get get a line get a load get a look get a noseful get a whiff get about get across get ahead get along get along with get around get around to get at get away get away with get back get back at get behind get by get cracking get dressed get even get even with get going get hitched with get hold get hold of get in get in touch get in touch with get into get it get it on get it over get laid get married get moving get off get off the ground get on get on with get one's lumps get onto get out get out of get over get rid of get rolling get started get stuck get the best get the better of get the goods get the hang get the hang of get the jump get the picture get through get to get to be get to grips get together get under one's skin get up get weaving get well get wind get wise get with it get word get worse go down go down on goose down grind down gun down hampshire down hand down handed down hands down hanging down have down hold down hoot down hose down hunker down hunkered down hunt down john l. h. down jot down jumping up and down keep down kick down kip down knock down knuckle down lay down lay down the law let down letting down lie down live down load down loaded down look down on look down upon low down mark down melt down mow down nail down narrow down pare down peg down pin down pipe down place down plank down play down plonk down plump down plunk down pour down press down press down on pull down push down put down quiet down rain down ram down ratchet down rattle down remain down roll down rope down round down rub down run down sag down scale down send down set down settle down shake down shoot down shout down shower down shut down simmer down sit down sit down strike sit down with sleek down slick down slide down slim down slow down slowing down sluice down split down sponge down stamp down stand down stare down steady down step down stepping down strike down strip down swan's down swill down swoop down upon take down take lying down talk down tamp down tear down tearing down throw down thumbs down tie down tone down toned down touch down track down tramp down tread down trim down tune down turn down turn thumbs down turn upside down up and down upside down vote down wash down water down watered down wear down weigh down weighed down weight down weighted down whack down whittle down wolf down write down written down

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb get down has 7 senses

• get down(v = verb.motion) Array - lower (one's body) as by kneeling; "Get down on your knees!"
is one way to move
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

• get down(v = verb.motion) bring down, let down, lower, take down - move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf"
is one way to displace, move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP

• get down(v = verb.motion) dismount, get off, light, unhorse - alight from (a horse); Array
is one way to come down, descend, fall, go down
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

• get down(v = verb.consumption) swallow - pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
is one way to consume, have, ingest, take, take in
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• get down(v = verb.emotion) cast down, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress, dismay, dispirit - lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
is one way to discourage
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to get down Sue

• get down(v = verb.communication) put down, set down, write down - put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.; Array
is one way to write
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

• get down(v = verb.change) begin, commence, get, set about, set out, start, start out - 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

ROGET THESAURUS

get down

Food

VB eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take, gulp, bolt, snap, fall to, despatch, dispatch, discuss, take down, get down, gulp down, lay in, tuck in, lick, pick, peck, gormandize, bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble, live on, feed upon, batten upon, fatten upon, feast upon, browse, graze, crop, regale, carouse, eat heartily, do justice to, play a good knife and fork, banquet, break bread, break one's fast, breakfast, lunch, dine, take tea, sup, drink in, drink up, drink one's fill, quaff, sip, sup, suck, suck up, lap, swig, swill, chugalug, tipple, empty one's glass, drain the cup, toss off, toss one's glass, wash down, crack a bottle, wet one's whistle, purvey.

Descent

VB descend, go down, drop down, come down, fall, gravitate, drop, slip, slide, rappel, settle, plunge, plummet, crash, decline, set, sink, droop, come down a peg, slump, dismount, alight, light, get down, swoop, stoop, fall prostrate, precipitate oneself, let fall, tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down, tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.

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