1
as in dismounted
to come down from something (as a vehicle)
I was getting down from the seaplane when a gust of wind swept away my hat
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2
as in weighed down
to make sad
it's really getting him down that there does not seem to be one woman who will date him
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3
as in sipped
to take into the stomach through the mouth and throat
with her sore throat, liquids are the only thing she can get down
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Recent Examples of got down
After the somewhat serendipitous moment with Lemieux, Crosby got down to business.
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Josh Yohe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The workmen complied, and Faulí got down and scuttled through the opening.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
White got down on one knee with a 5-carat diamond ring under a display of white roses.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
To remember how these three women—and other journalists like them—got down to the business of reporting on what was happening, disseminating information to the masses and becoming a part of history, though none of them knew it at the time.
—Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Fans at home got an eyeful as muscleman Mike Munz, vocal duo Crash Adams, acrobatic pair The TT Boys, dance act The Funkateers Dancers, singing ensemble The Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir, and others got down to business.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2025
Brad pulled a ring box out of his pocket and got down on one knee.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Looking like a child of Janet Jackson’s, her choreography was on point, complete with a rap break and moves complementing an electric guitarist and keytar player that got down behind her.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025
The pair then embraced and exchanged words before Hosman pulled a ring box out of his pocket and got down on one knee.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Josh Yohe, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
The workmen complied, and Faulí got down and scuttled through the opening.
—D. T. Max, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
White got down on one knee with a 5-carat diamond ring under a display of white roses.
—Anna Kaufman, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
To remember how these three women—and other journalists like them—got down to the business of reporting on what was happening, disseminating information to the masses and becoming a part of history, though none of them knew it at the time.
—Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Fans at home got an eyeful as muscleman Mike Munz, vocal duo Crash Adams, acrobatic pair The TT Boys, dance act The Funkateers Dancers, singing ensemble The Birmingham Youth Fellowship Choir, and others got down to business.
—Lars Brandle, Billboard, 10 Sep. 2025
Brad pulled a ring box out of his pocket and got down on one knee.
—Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
Looking like a child of Janet Jackson’s, her choreography was on point, complete with a rap break and moves complementing an electric guitarist and keytar player that got down behind her.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2025
The pair then embraced and exchanged words before Hosman pulled a ring box out of his pocket and got down on one knee.
—Kirsty Hatcher, People.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for got down
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This enables wide distribution across the front lines, especially in areas where soldiers are primarily dismounted.—
Vikram Mittal,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Individuals with low credit scores need ways to build better habits and credit histories without being weighed down by unnecessary costs or complex financial products.—
Akhil Gupta,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The works of Rower’s grandfather, taken together, have an accidental, artisanal air—more like toys improvised and reassembled than objects weighed down by deliberation.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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The duo, with Char Defrancesco and Nick Newbold in tow, were met in the first-floor salon by the sound of a ghost piano as a model sipped from an oversize teacup.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
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Regardless, the judges sipped this one in the blind.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The hearing repeatedly descended into shouting.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Thousands of people descended on the Missouri Capitol last week to protest the gerrymandering attempt.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
16 Sep. 2025
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Rather than feeling triumphant at how believable ELIZA was, Weizenbaum was depressed by how gullible people seemed to be.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
26 Aug. 2025
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Her research has shown that lynchings depressed the rate of patent applications by Black Americans, which could have otherwise contributed to innovation and economic growth.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
26 Aug. 2025
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Getting swallowed by a tech giant expecting hockey-stick growth has proved untenable.—
Stefan Fatsis,
The Atlantic,
13 Sep. 2025
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In a sight that became more-than-familiar to Boise State fans, Jeanty seemed to be swallowed in the scrum at the line of scrimmage, before bursting out of the side and powering himself into the endzone.—
Shaun Goodwin,
Idaho Statesman,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Carnival Jubilee had just disembarked on a seven-day Western Caribbean cruise when the fight broke out.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
16 Sep. 2025
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Video of a wild bust-up on an American Airlines flight shows two men battling it out in the aisle after one allegedly grabbed a woman's neck while passengers disembarked.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Of course young New York voters are troubled by the unaffordability of the city.—
Betsy McCaughey,
Boston Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Fixing Broken Economics BNPL as a business has always been troubled.—
Christer Holloman,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Got down.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20down. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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