| 词组 | get down |
| 释义 | get down 1. get down to move your body so that you are close to the ground: ▪ Two men burst in with guns ``Everyone get down! Get down on the floor!'' get down on your hands and knees (=kneel with your hands on the floor) ▪ Every Friday morning my grandmother would get down on her hands and knees and wash the tile floor in the entry hall. get down on your knees (=kneel, especially to pray) ▪ For the first time in his life, Yossarian got down on his knees and prayed. 2. get sth down to succeed in reducing the amount or number of something: ▪ 40 members of staff were made redundant in an attempt to get costs down. +to ▪ The government has got inflation down to 4%. ▪ We got staffing down to 3000. 3. get sb down not passive if a situation gets you down, it continues over a period of time, making you feel increasingly unhappy and tired: ▪ I'd been unemployed since I left college, and it was really getting me down. let sb/sth get you down ▪ She had been battling against cancer and had refused to let the illness get her down. ▪ Geoff, don't let them get you down! ■ SIMILAR TO: depress 4. get sth down to write something quickly, especially so that you do not forget it: ▪ Let me get your number down before I forget it. ▪ Don't stare at a blank screen all day - just get something down! get sth down on paper (=write something instead of just thinking or saying it) ▪ Get together for a discussion and come up with some ideas, then get them down on paper. ■ : ↑write down, ↑jot down 5. get sth down to succeed in swallowing food or drink, especially when this is difficult because you are ill: ▪ My throat was still sore and I couldn't get anything down. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑swallow 6. get that down you BrE spoken used to tell someone to drink or eat what you are giving them, because it will make them feel happier or more comfortable: ▪ Piper thrust a mug of tea into my hands. " Here, get that down you." |
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