'get down' definitions:

Lower (one's body) as by kneeling; "Get down on your knees!"

Move something or somebody to a lower position; "take down the vase from the shelf" [syn: lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down] [ant: bring up, elevate, get up, lift, raise]

Alight from (a horse) [syn: unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down]

Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking; "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!" [syn: swallow, get down]

Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted; "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her" [syn: depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise] [ant: elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift]

Put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc. [syn: write down, set down, get down, put down]

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" [syn: get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence] [ant: end, terminate]