phrasal verb · neutral
get down
/ɡet daʊn/GET · DOWN
speakingtask2
to depress someone; or (with 'to') to begin to seriously work on something (note: 'get down' alone and 'get down to' have different uses)
Examples
“Don't let the criticism get you down.”
“We need to get down to business if we want to finish today.”
“The rainy weather really gets me down after a few days.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although setbacks can get you down, experienced researchers often use them to refine their approach and get down to the core problem.”
Collocations
- get someone down
- get down to + noun/verb-ing
Word family
get down phrasal verbget down to phrasal verb
Common mistakes
Don't let it get down you.→Don't let it get you down.
We should get down the project now.→We should get down to the project now.
Say it for a higher band
5make (someone) sad→6depress / start→7+get down
Synonyms
depress / focus on
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