English

Verb

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

1. To bring or come down; descend.

   The kitten climbed the tree, but then couldn't get down again.

2. To concentrate; attend.

   To get down to the matter at hand.

3. To depress; discourage; fatigue.

   Nothing gets me down so much as a rainy day.

4. To swallow.

   The pill was so large that he couldn't get it down.

5. To relax and enjoy oneself completely; be uninhibited in one's enjoyment.

   Getting down with a bunch of old friends.

   • 2011, Rebecca Black featuring Patrice Wilson, Friday

     It's Friday, Friday

     Gotta get down on Friday

     Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend, weekend

6. (informal) 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.

7. (informal) To dance with abandon.
8. (Britain, informal, of a child) To leave the table after dining.

   Mummy, can I get down?

9. (also take down) To record in writing.

   Quick, here's a pen, get this down will you, before I forget.

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