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get down

verb

intr; also preposition to dismount or descend
tr; also preposition to bring down
we could not get the wardrobe down the stairs
tr to write down
tr to make depressed
your nagging gets me down
tr to swallow
he couldn't get the meal down
intrfoll byto to attend seriously (to); concentrate (on) (esp in the phrases get down to business or brass tacks )
informal.
intr to enjoy oneself uninhibitedly, esp by dancing

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Though financial therapy is increasing in popularity, it doesn’t necessarily get down to the nuts and bolts of your finances.

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“If Luke wants to settle it, I get down really well. Anything. Muay Thai, whatever.”

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“You can enjoy tea and also be a baddie. You can love soft moments and also get down on a pole.”

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Nauman, at a tumultuous and perplexing period of upheaval politically, socially and artistically, was getting down to basics.

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Berliner recalled seeing the barrel of a gun protruding from behind a door and a male voice shouting “We’re the police!” and instructing him to get down on the ground.

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