GET DOWN

Lower (one's body) as by kneeling

Example: "Get down on your knees!"

Move something or somebody to a lower position

Example: "Take down the vase from the shelf"

• bring down
• let down
• lower  8
• take down

• displace  13
• move  9

• reef  7
• depress  10
• dip  6
• incline  9

Alight from (a horse)

• dismount  11
• get off
• light  9
• unhorse  10

Pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

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

• swallow  13

• bolt  6
• cumswallow

Lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

Example: "These news depressed her"

• cast down
• deject  16
• demoralise  13
• demoralize  22
• depress  10
• dismay  12
• dispirit  11

• discourage  14

• chill  10

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

• set down

• write  8

• transcribe  14
• notate  6
• dash down
• dash off
• • note  4
  • take down
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Take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

Example: "We began working at dawn"

• begin  8
• commence  16
• get  4
• set about
• set out
• start  5
• start out

• recommence  18
• strike out
• fall  7
• jump off
• • get to
  • auspicate  13
  • attack  12
  • launch  11
  • plunge  9
  • embark  14
  • enter  5
  • bestir oneself
  • get cracking
  • get going
  • get moving
  • get rolling
  • get started
  • get weaving
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