āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
get down
/ÉĄÉt dËaĘn/
to get down
[phrase form: get]
01
āĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to cause someone's spirits to be lowered
Transitive: to get down sb
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Being stuck in traffic for hours can easily get anyone down.
āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĢāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻŽā§ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ¯ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻšāĻā§āĻ āĻšāĻ¤āĻžāĻļ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻ¨āĻ¨ā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to fully relax and enjoy oneself, often with a sense of carefree and unrestrained enjoyment
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After a long week of work, they were ready to get down and have a great time at the party.
āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻš āĻĒāĻ°ā§, āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to quickly lower one's body or take cover, often in response to a threat or to avoid danger
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
As they heard the gunfire, they got down behind the barricade for protection.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻļā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻā§āĻˇāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ°āĻŋāĻā§āĻĄā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§ āĻā§āĻ˛āĨ¤
3.1
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻ¨āĻž
to bring a thing or person to a position that is less high
Transitive: to get down sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The firefighter had to get down the trapped cat from the tall tree.
āĻĢāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāĻ°āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ˛āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻā§āĻ˛āĻž, āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to successfully swallow or ingest food or drink
Transitive: to get down food or drink
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She had a sore throat and found it painful to get the food down.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ˛āĻž āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻĨāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻĨāĻž āĻšāĻā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
05
āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻž, āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to put in writing or record, typically referring to thoughts, ideas, music, lyrics, or information
Transitive: to get down ideas or information
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The composer needed to get down the melody that had been playing in his mind.
āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¨ā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¤ā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āĻ¸ā§āĻ°āĻāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
06
āĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻ¸āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻ ā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
(particularly of children) to leave the dining table after a meal
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
After finishing their dinner, the parents told the kids they could get down from the table.
āĻ°āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻļā§āĻˇ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°, āĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻž-āĻŽāĻž āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻ˛āĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¯ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
07
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻž, āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻž
to descend to a lower position or level
Intransitive: to get down from sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He had to get down from the ladder carefully to avoid an accident.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨āĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻā§ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻŽāĻ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻžāĻŽāĻ¤ā§ āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
