How to Use get down in a Sentence

get down

verb
  • I was getting down from the seaplane when a gust of wind swept away my hat.
  • Kids young and old get down to this at the drop of a hat.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 27 June 2018
  • Can’t get down on your hands and knees to clean the floor?
    — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Abloh had booked a club and chivvied the throng to get down there.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2019
  • See the full track list here and get ready to get down!
    — Gab Ginsberg, Billboard, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Long lines form to get down the stairs to the train platforms.
    — Mike Deehan, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
  • And the hottest thing a guy can do is get down on one knee.
    — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 21 Oct. 2018
  • Good drive on 7 gave me a chance to get down by the green and make birdie.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 24 May 2021
  • Cars struggled to get down streets and stalled along the side of roads.
    — Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Greta and Flavia, meanwhile, get down with the busy-ness of the bees in the house.
    — Bethanne Patrick, Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Here are 5 tips to skip the busy work and get down to business.
    — Ashley Stahl, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
  • That said, the meeting got down to the business of the job he was hired for.
    — Brian Albrecht, cleveland, 9 Feb. 2020
  • If this is the version of Towns the Knicks are getting down the stretch?
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The team cut some notable players to get down the the 53-man max.
    — Chris Manning, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The ascent took me 3 hours, plus 1.5 hours to get down.
    — Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 18 July 2021
  • Once the Dawgs get down, the offense stagnates and turnovers start to mount.
    — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Grab a hoe or get down on your hands and knees to pull weeds out by the root.
    — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2022
  • And Charlie got down on his hands and knees and cleaned the kitchen floor.
    — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 29 July 2019
  • The trick was to get down to the bottom, as a bassist is supposed to do.
    — New York Times, 20 June 2021
  • Long and narrow, the brush can get down to the hard-to-reach bottom.
    — Ann Trieger Kurland, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The two got down to business with glam before the show.
    — Michelle Lee, People.com, 24 Feb. 2025
  • Trump was seen holding his ear and got down on the ground.
    — Mark Scolforo, Fortune, 14 July 2024
  • The overnight lows could get down into the mid-30s, not quite enough for a freeze, but enough to feel a chill.
    — Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Carlile then picks up her cell and the pair get down to business.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Two of the Big 12’s best get down to it at The Phog on Saturday evening.
    — Steven Louis Goldstein, The Athletic, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Some of them come out on the mound like a bull, and some get down on themselves.
    — John Romano, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The actor got down on one knee while the pair were taking a walk on the beach.
    — Ariana Quihuiz, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
  • In shock, Gelpern watched her boyfriend pull out a ring and get down on one knee.
    — Sarah Scanlan, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
  • But the goal remains the same: to get down the course with the fastest time and without crashing.
    — Matt Bonesteel, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Stop and smell the roses, get down with your bad self on the dance floor, and smell your best the whole time.
    — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022

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