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.
• Can’t get down on your hands and knees to clean the floor?
  — Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2021
• See the full track list here and get ready to get down!
  — Gab Ginsberg, Billboard, 21 Aug. 2020
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• The man does not get down, and the officer takes out his firearm.
  — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 12 July 2020
• The guys put in a good week’s worth of work to get down there and play a great football game.
  — Scott Patsko, cleveland, 5 Dec. 2020
• The knife arrives super sharp and ready to get down to work.
  — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2023
• This is your chance to get down with the Sanderson Sisters.
  — oregonlive, 12 Oct. 2022
• That really does get down to why I was drawn to the book.
  — Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Aug. 2023
• For the last challenge, the ladies had to get down on one knee and spill their hearts to Clayton.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 14 Feb. 2022
• Warshaw got down from the barstool and dropped into a wide-legged squat.
  — Dana Goodyear, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
• All of you are gonna get down and dowse the ground for potable drinking water.
  — Al Mullen, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2022
• He is told to get down and place his hands behind his back.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 24 Feb. 2023
• After the football players got down from the stands and returned to the field, the two women could be seen laughing and cheering.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Dec 2024