Textual thesaurus for "get down"

(verb) commence, start, start out, set about, set out, get, begin

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

(verb) put down, set down, write down

put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.

(verb) swallow

pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!

(verb) cast down, dismay, dispirit, deject, demoralise, demoralize, depress

lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

These news depressed her; The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her

(verb) get off, unhorse, light, dismount

alight from (a horse)

(verb) bring down, let down, lower, take down

move something or somebody to a lower position

take down the vase from the shelf