phrasal verb

Get down

No. 88 most commonLetter GInseparable

2Sections

Make someone depressed, unhappy, exhausted, etc.

Meanings

  • Make someone depressed, unhappy, exhausted, etc. (separable [obligatory], International English)
  • Write, record (separable [optional], International English)
  • Manage to swallow (separable [optional], International English)
  • Descend, leave a vehicle (intransitive, International English)
  • Leave the table after eating (intransitive, International English)
  • Reduce (separable [obligatory], International English)
  • Have an affair or sexual relations (intransitive, International English)

Examples

  • The miserable weather in winter really GETS me DOWN.
  • I couldn't GET DOWN everything he said.
  • The medicine tasted horrible and it was difficult to GET it DOWN.
  • The trained pulled in and we GOT DOWN.
  • When they had finished dinner, the children asked if they could GET DOWN.
  • The doctor says I my GET my cholesterol levels DOWN.
  • They GOT DOWN at the party last week.

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