get down

lower (one''s body) as by kneeling

• “Get down on your knees!”

move something or somebody to a lower position

• “take down the vase from the shelf”

get off (a horse)

pass through the esophagus as part of eating or drinking

• “Swallow the raw fish--it won”

lower someone''s spirits; make downhearted

• “These news depressed her”
• “The bad state of her child”

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

take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• “We began working at dawn”
• “Who will start?”
• “Get working as soon as the sun rises!”
• “The first tourists began to arrive in Cambodia”
• “He began early in the day”
• “Let”