Meaning: Make someone depressed, unhappy, exhausted, etc.
Example: The miserable weather in winter really GETS me DOWN.
Notes:
- Separable [obligatory]
- International English
Meaning: Write, record
Example: I couldn't GET DOWN everything he said.
- Separable [optional]
Meaning: Manage to swallow
Example: The medicine tasted horrible and it was difficult to GET it DOWN.
Meaning: Descend, leave a vehicle
Example: The trained pulled in and we GOT DOWN.
- Intransitive
Meaning: Leave the table after eating
Example: When they had finished dinner, the children asked if they could GET DOWN.
Meaning: Reduce
Example: The doctor says I my GET my cholesterol levels DOWN.
Meaning: Have an affair or sexual relations
Example: They GOT DOWN at the party last week.
- American English
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We have 66 phrasal verbs with 'GET'
- Get about - Get above - Get across - Get across to - Get after - Get ahead - Get ahead of - Get along - Get along in - Get along with - Get around - Get around to - Get at - Get away - Get away from - Get away with - Get away! - Get back - Get back at - Get back into - Get back to - Get back together - Get behind - Get behind with - Get by - Get by on - Get by with - Get down - Get down on - Get down to - Get in - Get in on - Get in with - Get into - Get it - Get it off - Get it off with - Get it on - Get it on with - Get it together - Get it up - Get off - Get off it - Get off on - Get off with - Get off! - Get on - Get on at - Get on for - Get on to - Get on with - Get onto - Get out - Get out of - Get out! - Get over - Get over with - Get round - Get round (around) to - Get round (or around) - Get through - Get through to - Get to - Get together - Get up - Get up to
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