1. (verb)get down lower (one's body) as by kneeling "Get down on your knees!"
2. (verb)lower, take down, let down, get down, bring down move something or somebody to a lowerposition "take down the vase from the shelf"
3. (verb)unhorse, dismount, light, get off, get down alight from (a horse)
4. (verb)swallow, get down pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking "Swallow the raw fish--it won't kill you!"
5. (verb)depress, deject, cast down, get down, dismay, dispirit, demoralize, demoralise lower someone's spirits; make downhearted "These news depressed her"; "The bad state of her child's health demoralizes her"
6. (verb)write down, set down, get down, put down put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
7. (verb)get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence take the firststep 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"